Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Ciliophora

Original position

Ciliophora (Phylum) Doflein, 1901

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 971).

Subsequent positions

Spirotrichia (Infraphylum) Bütschli, 1889

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 78).

Original entries

Choreotrichia (Subclass) Small & Lynn, 1985		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 971).
Heterotrichia (Subclass) (Stein, 1859) Cavalier-Smith, 1993		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 971).
Stichotrichia (Subclass) Small & Lynn, 1985		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 971).

Current position

Intramacronucleata (Subphylum) Lynn, 1996

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 12).

Alternative positions

Ciliophora (Subphylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 42.
Ciliophora (Phylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 971). [new rank]
Postciliodesmatophora (Subphylum) Gerassimova & Seravin, 1976	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 139.
Spirotrichia (Infraphylum) Bütschli, 1889	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 78). [new position]

Historical positions

Intramacronucleata (Subphylum) Lynn, 1996	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 12).
Intramacronucleata (Subphylum) Lynn, 1996	Ref: D.H. Lynn, 2008: 94, 141-174; 91.
Spirotrichia (Infraphylum) Bütschli, 1889	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 78), fig. 4.1. [new position]
Ciliophora (Subphylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 42.
Intramacronucleata (Subphylum) Lynn, 1996	Ref: D.H. Lynn & E.B. Small, 2000[2002]: 420-421; 394.
Postciliodesmatophora (Subphylum) Gerassimova & Seravin, 1976	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 139.
Ciliophora (Phylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 971). [new rank]
Postciliodesmatophora (Subphylum) Gerassimova & Seravin, 1976	Ref: L. Margulis et al., 1990: xiv.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11o;50f;244g;436s;4ss; †32g;30s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 14 Mar 2016	[11o;50f;244g; †32g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 13)	[10o]
2008	D.H. Lynn	[11o]; †>30g
2002	D. Lynn: 24 Apr 2002	[13o;47f;[232]g; †[32]g]
2000[2002]	D.H. Lynn & E.B. Small	5sc;[15o;55f];(278g)