Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Discosea (Class) Cavalier-Smith, 2004		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: App. A (p. 43).
Flabellinia (Subclass) Smirnov et al., 2005		Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562).

Subsequent entries

Parvamoebina (Suborder) Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov, 2011		Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562).
Tectiferina (Suborder) Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov, 2011		Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562).

Current position

Discosea (Class) Cavalier-Smith, 2004

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 43. [new position]

Alternative positions

Flabellinea (Class) Smirnov et al., 2005	Ref: A. Kudryavtsev et al., 2005 [indirect]
Flabellinia (Subclass) Smirnov et al., 2005	Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562). [new position]
Heterolobosea (Class) Page & Blanton, 1985	Ref: A.V. Smirnov & S. Brown, 2004: 151.
Testacealobosea (Class)	Ref: A. Kudryavtsev et al., 2005 [indirect]
Testacealobosia (Subclass) de Saedeleer, 1934	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 972).

Historical positions

Flabellinia (Subclass) Smirnov et al., 2005	Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: 564, 565, table 1 (p. 562), fig. 1. [new position]
Heterolobosea (Class) Page & Blanton, 1985	Ref: A.V. Smirnov & S. Brown, 2004: 151.
Discosea (Class) Cavalier-Smith, 2004	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 43. [new position]
Testacealobosia (Subclass) de Saedeleer, 1934	Ref: 1998
Testacealobosia (Subclass) de Saedeleer, 1934	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 972).

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3f;6g;20s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Feb 2014	[3f;6g]
2011	A.V. Smirnov et al.: table 1 (p. 562)	[3f;5g]
2004	T. Cavalier-Smith et al.: 43	[1f;3g]