Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Probably Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 44 ("see footnote 1").

Original position

Mycetozoa (Class) de Bary, 1859

Ref: L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch, 1966: 171.

Subsequent positions

Stelamoebea (Class) Cavalier-Smith, 2004

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

Original entries

Cavostelidae (Family) Olive & Stoianovitch, 1966, orth. inval.		Ref: L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch, 1966: 171.
Protostelidae (Family) Olive & Stoianovitch, 1966, orth. inval.		Ref: L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch, 1966: 171.

Subsequent entries

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

Current position

Protostelea (Class) Alexopoulos & Mims, 1979

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

Alternative positions

Stelamoebea (Class) Cavalier-Smith, 2004

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 44. [new position]

Historical positions

Protostelea (Class) Alexopoulos & Mims, 1979	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 146).
Stelamoebea (Class) Cavalier-Smith, 2004	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 44. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4f;11g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Dec 2015	[4f;11g]
2013(2012)	T. Cavalier-Smith: table 6 (p. 146)	[4f;11g]
2004	T. Cavalier-Smith et al.: 44	[2f]