Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Amoebozoa - (Class) Discosea

Subsequent positions

Longamoebia (Subclass) Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov, 2011		Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562).
Variosea (Class) Cavalier-Smith, 2004		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 43.

Original entries

Acanthamoebidae (Family) Sawyer & Griffin, 1975		Ref: A. Rogerson & D.J. Patterson, 2000[2002]: 1042.
Stereomyxidae (Family) Grell, 1966		Ref: A. Rogerson & D.J. Patterson, 2000[2002]: 1042.

Subsequent entries

Balamuthiidae (Family) Cavalier-Smith, 2004

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 43.

Current position

Longamoebia (Subclass) Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov, 2011

Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562). [new position]

Alternative positions

Amoebaea (Class)	Ref: A. Rogerson & D.J. Patterson, 2000[2002]: 1042. [indirect]
Gymnamoebae ([unranked])	Ref: A. Rogerson & D.J. Patterson, 2000[2002]: 1042.
Variosea (Class) Cavalier-Smith, 2004	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 43. [new position]

Historical positions

Longamoebia (Subclass) Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov, 2011	Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562), fig. 1. [new position]
Variosea (Class) Cavalier-Smith, 2004	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 43. [new position]
Gymnamoebae ([unranked])	Ref: A. Rogerson & D.J. Patterson, 2000[2002]: 1042.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2f;3g;27s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Feb 2014	[2f;3g]
2011	A.V. Smirnov et al.: table 1 (p. 562)	[2f;3g]
2004	T. Cavalier-Smith et al.: 43	[2f;4g]
2000[2002]	A. Rogerson & D.J. Patterson	[2f];(4g)