living organisms
see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Superkingdom Eukaryotae
see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Protozoa Goldfuss, 1818
see Kingdom Protozoa Goldfuss, 1818
Phylum Ciliophora Doflein, 1901 - ciliates
Class Polyhymenophora Jankowski, 1967
see Class Spirotrichea Bütschli, 1889
Subclass Spirotricha
see Class Spirotrichea Bütschli, 1889
Order Heterotrichida Stein, 1859 - heterotrichs
Suborder Heterotrichina
see Order Heterotrichida Stein, 1859
01 Family Spirostomidae Stein, 1867
02 Family Phacodiniidae Corliss, 1979
03 Family Metopidae Kahl, 1927
04 Family Condylostomatidae Kahl, in Doflein & Reichenow, 1929
05 Family Reichenowellidae Kahl, 1932
06 Family Climacostomidae Repak, 1972
07 Family Stentoridae Carus, 1863
08 Family Bursariidae Bory de St. Vincent, 1826
09 Family Chattonidiidae Villeneuve-Brachon, 1940
10 Family Peritromidae Stein, 1867