Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota

Ancestor

Sulcozoa (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith, 2012

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): fig. 2.

Original position

Sarcomastigota (Infrakingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983

Subsequent positions

Diacentrida (Infrakingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 2021		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 521).
podiates ([unranked]) Cavalier-Smith, 2012		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): 117.

Original entries

Conosa (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Conosea (Class) (T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998) A. Smirnov et al., 2005
Flabellinea (Class) Smirnov et al., 2005
Tubulinea (Class) Smirnov et al., 2005

Subsequent entries

Discosa (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 2021		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 521).
Lobosa (Subphylum) Carpenter, 1861		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 232. [assumed]
Phalansterea (Class) T. Cavalier-Smith, 2000		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002b: 332. [assumed]
Protamoebae (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 2004		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 42.
Tevosa (Subphylum) Kang, Tice, Spiegel, Silberman, Pánek, Čepička, Kostka, Kosakyan, Alcântara, Roger, Shadwick, Smirnov, Kudryavtsev, Lahr & Brown, 2017		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 521).

Current position

Amorphea (Clade) Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021) (alt.): fig. 11. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Amoebobiotina (Subkingdom) Dillon, 1963	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LXXV. [new position]
anterokonts ([unranked])	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002b: 297. [alternative position]
Diacentrida (Infrakingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 2021	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 521). [new position]
podiates ([unranked]) Cavalier-Smith, 2012	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): 117. [new position]
Protozoa (Kingdom) Goldfuss, 1818	Ref: O. Bánki et al., 2023: 17 Aug 2023.
rhizopods ([unranked])	Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1984: abstract.
Sarcomastigota (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2015: 357.
Sarcomastigota (Infrakingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002b: 326.
Sarcomastigota (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 9).
torcids ([unranked]) Cavalier-Smith, 2021	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021) (alt.): table 2 (p. 564), fig. 11.
Unikonta (Supergroup)	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 98.
unikonts ([unranked]) Stechmann & Cavalier-Smith, 2003	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): 117. [excluded]

Historical positions

Diacentrida (Infrakingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 2021	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 521), fig. 11. [new position]
torcids ([unranked]) Cavalier-Smith, 2021	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021) (alt.): table 2 (p. 564), fig. 11.
Protozoa (Kingdom) Goldfuss, 1818	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 130).
Sarcomastigota (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2015: 357.
Sarcomastigota (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 9).
Sarcomastigota (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 146), fig. 2.
podiates ([unranked]) Cavalier-Smith, 2012	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): 117, fig. 2. [alternative position]
unikonts (Supergroup)	Ref: E. Glücksman et al., 2011: abstract.
Sarcomastigota (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2010a: fig. 1. [inferred rank]
Unikonta (Supergroup)	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken & M. Roos, 2010: 98.
Sarcomastigota (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.
Sarcomastigota (Infrakingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002b: 326.
anterokonts ([unranked])	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002b: 297. [alternative position]
Amoebobiotina (Subkingdom) Dillon, 1963	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LXXV. [new position]
Sarcomastigota (Infrakingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 3 (p. 232). [new rank]
rhizopods ([unranked])	Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1984: abstract.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7c;19o;54f;162g;282s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 9 Jan 2016	[7c;26o;72f]
2022(2021)	T. Cavalier-Smith: table 1 (p. 521)	7c
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 130)	524*ng;321[-363]*g; †0.6%g
2013(2012)	T. Cavalier-Smith: table 6 (p. 146)	7c;28o
2004	T. Cavalier-Smith et al.: 21	7c;[20o]
2001	A.B. Doweld: LXXV	[1c]
1998	T. Cavalier-Smith	[2sp]