life see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukarya Chatton, 1925 see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Protoctista Hogg, 1860
       Phylum Rhizopoda Dujardin, 1835 - rhizopods see Phylum Cercozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1998
         Class Lobosea (Carpenter, 1861) Cavalier-Smith, 1993 see Subphylum Lobosa Carpenter, 1861
           Subclass Gymnamoebia (Haeckel, 1862) Cavalier-Smith, 1993 see [unranked] Gymnamoebae
             Order Amoebida - naked lobosid amebas see Class Amoebaea
               Suborder Acanthopodina see Order Acanthopodida Page, 1976
                 Family Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin, 1975
                   Genus Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931