Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Amoebida (Order)

Subsequent positions

Acanthopodida (Order) Page, 1976
Centramoebida (Order) Rogerson & Patterson, 2002		Ref: A. Rogerson & D.J. Patterson, 2000[2002]: 1042.

Original entries

Comandonia (Genus) Pernin & Pussard, 1979
Protacanthamoeba (Genus) F.C. Page, 1981

Subsequent entries

Acanthamoeba (Genus) Volkonsky, 1931

Current position

Centramoebida (Order) Rogerson & Patterson, 2002

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

Alternative positions

Acanthopodida (Order) Page, 1976	Ref: A. Smirnov et al., 2005: 138.
Acanthopodina (Suborder)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 125.
Amoebida (Order)	Ref: T.K. Sawyer & J.L. Griffin, 1975 [new taxon]
Amoebozoa (Supergroup) Lühe, 1913	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 403. [inferred rank]

Historical positions

Acanthopodida (Order) Page, 1976	Ref: A. Smirnov, 2012: table 3 (p. 206).
Centramoebida (Order) Rogerson & Patterson, 2002	Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562).
Amoebozoa (Supergroup) Lühe, 1913	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 401, 403.
Acanthopodida (Order) Page, 1976	Ref: A. Smirnov et al., 2005: 138.
Centramoebida (Order) Rogerson & Patterson, 2002	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 43.
Acanthopodida (Order) Page, 1976	Ref: A.V. Smirnov & S. Brown, 2004: 150.
Lobosa (Subphylum) Carpenter, 1861	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002b: 300. [rough position] [indirect]
Centramoebida (Order) Rogerson & Patterson, 2002	Ref: A. Rogerson & D.J. Patterson, 2000[2002]: 1042.
Acanthopodina (Suborder)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 125.
Acanthopodina (Suborder)	Ref: F.L. Schuster, 1990: table 1 (p. 11).
Acanthopodina (Suborder)	Ref: F.C. Page, 1982: 513.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;24s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Feb 2014	[2g;24s]
2012	A. Smirnov: table 3 (p. 206)	[2g;24s]
2011	A.V. Smirnov et al.: table 1 (p. 562)	[2g]
2005	S.M. Adl et al.	(3g)
2004	T. Cavalier-Smith et al.: 43	[3g]
2004	A.V. Smirnov & S. Brown	[2g]
2004	T. Cavalier-Smith et al.: 43	[3g]
2000[2002]	A. Rogerson & D.J. Patterson	[2g]
1982	F.C. Page	[2g]23s