Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Amoebozoa - (Class) Myxomycetes - (Order) Echinosteliida - (Family) Echinosteliidae

Original position

Echinosteliaceae (Tribe) Rostafinski, 1873, orth. inval.

Ref: J.T. von Rostafinski, 1873: 7.

Current position

Echinosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1873

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 44.

Alternative positions

Echinosteliaceae (Family) Rostaf. (1873)	Ref: H.W. Keller, 1982: 170.
Echinosteliaceae (Tribe) Rostafinski, 1873, orth. inval.	Ref: J.T. von Rostafinski, 1873: 7. [new position]
Echinosteliedae (Family)	Ref: M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller, 2000: 965. [misplaced]
Myxogastria ([unranked]) Macbride, 1899	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 437). [rough position]

Historical positions

Myxogastria ([unranked]) Macbride, 1899	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 437). [rough position]
Myxogastria ([unranked]) Macbride, 1899	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 404.
Echinosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1873	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 44.
Myxogastrea (Class) Fries, 1829	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 45. [alternative position]
Echinosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1873	Ref: J.J. Lee et al., 2000: 965. [indirect]
Echinosteliedae (Family)	Ref: M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller, 2000: 965. [misplaced]
Echinosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1873	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 134.
Echinosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1873	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 126.
Echinosteliaceae (Family) Rostaf. (1873)	Ref: H.W. Keller, 1982: 170.
Echinosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1873	Ref: S.P. Parker, 1982: 524. [alternative position]
Echinosteliaceae (Tribe) Rostafinski, 1873, orth. inval.	Ref: J.T. von Rostafinski, 1873: 7. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	15s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[>]12s
2000	M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller: 965	[>]12s
1999		14s
1982	H.W. Keller	13s
1982	L.S. Olive	6s
1873	J.T. von Rostafinski: 7	0s