Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Metamonada - (Class) Trichonymphea - (Order) Trichonymphida - (Family) Teranymphidae

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

Teranymphidae (Family) Koidzumi, 1921

Ref: I. Cepicka et al., 2010: 426.

Alternative positions

Eucomonymphidae (Family) Cleveland, Hall, Sanders & Collier, 1934	Ref: G. Brugerolle & J.J. Lee, 2000: 1237.
Holomastigotidae (Family) Janicki, 1915	Ref: C. Janicki, 1915: 644. [new position]
Lophomonadidae (Family) Kent, 1880	Ref: Grassi, B. (& Foà, A.), 1911: 729. [new taxon]

Historical positions

Trichonymphea (Class) Hartmann, 1911	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 520). [rough position] [indirect]
Teranymphidae (Family) Koidzumi, 1921	Ref: I. Cepicka et al., 2010: 426.
Eucomonymphidae (Family) Cleveland, Hall, Sanders & Collier, 1934	Ref: G. Brugerolle & J.J. Lee, 2000: 1237.
Archaeprotista (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 118. [rough position]
Eucomonymphidae (Family) Cleveland, Hall, Sanders & Collier, 1934	Ref: K. Vickerman, 1982: 507.
Zoomastigina (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 88. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	>5s
1982	K. Vickerman: 507	>5s