Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Cercozoa - (Class) Phytomyxea
Subsequent positions
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
		Historical positions
		
			
				| Phytomyxea (Class) Engler & Prantl, 1897 | Ref: 
						
							M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 20). | 
				
					| Phytomyxea (Class) Engler & Prantl, 1897 | Ref: 
							
								P.M. Kirk et al., 2008: 760. | 
					
						| Phytomyxea (Class) Engler & Prantl, 1897 | Ref: 
								
									T. Cavalier-Smith & E.E.-Y. Chao, 2003 | 
						
							| Plasmodiophorea (Class) | Ref: 
									
										J.P. Braselton, 2000: 1342. | 
							
								| Phytomyxea (Class) Engler & Prantl, 1897 | Ref: 
										
											T. Cavalier-Smith, 1995: table (p. 1013). | 
								
									| Phytomyxea (Class) Engler & Prantl, 1897 | Ref: 
											
												T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 970).
											 [new position] | 
									
										| Plasmodiophorea (Class) | Ref: 
												
													L.S. Olive, 1982: 525.
												 [alternative name] | 
									
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