Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Amoebozoa - (Class) Myxomycetes

Original position

Myxomycetes (Class) Link, 1833

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 146).

Original entries

Columellidia (Superorder) Cavalier-Smith, 2012		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 146).
Lucisporidia (Superorder) Cavalier-Smith, 2012		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 146).

Current position

Myxomycetes (Class) Link, 1833

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 146). [new rank]

Alternative positions

Eumycetozoa (Class) Zopf, 1884	Ref: L.S. Olive, 1982: 524.
Eumycetozoea (Class)	Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
Mycetozoa (Class) de Bary, 1859	Ref: M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller, 2000: 958.

Historical positions

Myxomycetes (Class) Link, 1833	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 146). [new rank]
Mycetozoa (Class) de Bary, 1859	Ref: M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller, 2000: 958-960.
Eumycetozoea (Class)	Ref: 1998
Eumycetozoa (Class) Zopf, 1884	Ref: L.S. Olive, 1982: 524. [alternative name]
Mycetozoa (Class) de Bary, 1859	Ref: L.S. Olive, 1970: 77.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4o;11f;56g;148s;4v; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 9 Jan 2016	[4o;11f]
2013(2012)	T. Cavalier-Smith: table 6 (p. 147)	[4o;15f]
2000	M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller: 958	5o;[11f];57[56]g;~600s
2000	M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller: 958	5o;[11f];57[56]g;~600s
1982	L.S. Olive	5o