life
 see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
  
 Empire Eukaryota (Chatton, 1925)
 see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
    
 Kingdom Protozoa Goldfuss, 1818 [paraphyletic] - protozoa
      
 Subkingdom Neozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1993 [paraphyletic]
 see Kingdom Protozoa Goldfuss, 1818
        
 Infrakingdom Alveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1991
 see [unranked] Alveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1991
          
 Superphylum Heterokaryota Hickson, 1903 [monotypic]
            
 Phylum Ciliophora Doflein, 1901 - ciliates
              
 Subphylum Epiplasmata de Puytorac et al., 1992
                
 Genus Paramecium Müller, 1773