Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Metamonada - (Class) Trichomonadea - (Order) Spirotrichonymphida - (Family) Holomastigotoididae

Original position

Lophomonadidae (Family) Kent, 1880

Ref: Grassi, B. (& Foà, A.), 1911: 729.

Subsequent positions

Holomastigotidae (Family) Janicki, 1915

Ref: C. Janicki, 1915: 644.

Current position

Holomastigotoididae (Family) Copeland, 1956

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 1 (p. 121).

Alternative positions

Holomastigotidae (Family) Janicki, 1915	Ref: K. Vickerman, 1982: 508.
Lophomonadidae (Family) Kent, 1880	Ref: Grassi, B. (& Foà, A.), 1911: 729. [new taxon]
Spirotrichonymphida ([unranked]) Light, 1927	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 441.

Historical positions

Holomastigotoididae (Family) Copeland, 1956	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 1 (p. 121).
Holomastigotoididae (Family) Copeland, 1956	Ref: I. Cepicka et al., 2010: 427, table 1 (p. 421).
Spirotrichonymphida ([unranked]) Light, 1927	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 441.
Holomastigotoididae (Family) Copeland, 1956	Ref: G. Brugerolle & J.J. Lee, 2000: 1242.
Archaeprotista (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 116. [rough position]
Holomastigotidae (Family) Janicki, 1915	Ref: K. Vickerman, 1982: 508.
Zoomastigina (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 88. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	5s
2000	G. Brugerolle & J.J. Lee: 1242	5s
1982	K. Vickerman	5s