Current position

Eukaryota (Domain) Chatton, 1925

Ref: P.M. Kirk et al., 2008: 768.

Alternative positions

Eukaryota (Empire) (Chatton, 1925)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.
Eukaryota (Superkingdom) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 7).
eukaryotes ([unranked])	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): fig. 2.
Metakaryota (Superkingdom)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993: table 1 (p. 955).

Original entries

Amorphozoa (Class) M. de Blainville
Corticata (Subkingdom) Lankester, 1878
Gymnomyxa (Subkingdom) (Lankester, 1878) Cavalier-Smith, 2002

Subsequent entries

Adictyozoa (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1993

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993: table 4 (p. 970)

Historical positions

organisms ([unranked])	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 130).
eukaryotes ([unranked])	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2015: 357. [inferred name]
Eukaryota (Superkingdom) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 7).
eukaryotes ([unranked])	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): fig. 2.
eukaryotes ([unranked])	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2010a: 342, fig. 1.
Eukaryota (Superkingdom) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978	Ref: F.R. Allison & P.A. Broady, 2012: 78; 21.
Eukaryota (Domain) Chatton, 1925	Ref: P.M. Kirk et al., 2008: 351, 768.
eukaryotes (Domain)	Ref: K. Shalchian-Tabrizi et al., 2006: 1840.
chromalveolates ([unranked])	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77). [pro parte]
Eukaryota (Empire) (Chatton, 1925)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.
Eukaryota (Domain) Chatton, 1925	Ref: P.M. Kirk et al., 2001: 429; 403 (fig. 31), 569, 651.
Eukaryota (Empire) (Chatton, 1925)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 1 (p. 208); table 3 (p. 232).
Metakaryota (Superkingdom)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993: table 1 (p. 955), table 4 (p. 970).
Eukaryota (Superkingdom) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981: table 1 (p. 462).

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 208.

Descendants

Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): fig. 2
Chromista (Kingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1981)		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): fig. 2
Fungi (Kingdom) R.T. Moore (1980)		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): fig. 2
Plantae (Kingdom) Haeckel (1866)		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): fig. 2

Number of Subtaxa

2022	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;1s; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2sk;13p]
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 130)	5,045*ng;1,903[-4,314]*g; †45.1%g
2015	T. Cavalier-Smith et al.: 357	[9p]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 11)	[8p]
2010a	T. Cavalier-Smith: 343	7p
2008	P.M. Kirk et al.: 768	6c;11o;30f;122(; ‡118syn)g;1161s
2004	T. Cavalier-Smith: 1252	[2sk;13p]
2003	T. Cavalier-Smith	[2sk;13p]
2002b	T. Cavalier-Smith	[2sk];13p
1998	T. Cavalier-Smith	[2sk];13p
1993	T. Cavalier-Smith: table 4 (p. 972)	[18p]