Concise hierarchy

(Superkingdom) Holozoa - (Class) Filasterea - (Order) Ministeriida - (Family) Ministeriidae

Subsequent positions

Cristidiscoidia (Subclass) Page, 1987

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: 989.

Current position

Ministeriidae (Family) Cavalier-Smith, 2008

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 7 (p. 155).

Alternative positions

Cristidiscoidia (Subclass) Page, 1987	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: 989. [new position]
eukaryotes ([unranked])
Filasterea ([unranked]) Cavalier-Smith, 2008	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 437).
free-living heterotrophic flagellates ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Patterson et al., 2000: 1326.
Mesomycetozoa ([unranked]) Herr, Ajello, Taylor, Arseculeratne & Mendoza, 1999	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 414.
Ministeriida (Order) Cavalier-Smith, 1997	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith & E.E.-Y. Chao, 2003: 543.

Historical positions

Ministeriidae (Family) Cavalier-Smith, 2008	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 7 (p. 155).
Filasterea ([unranked]) Cavalier-Smith, 2008	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 437).
Filasterea (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith, 2008	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 102. [inferred name]
Mesomycetozoa ([unranked]) Herr, Ajello, Taylor, Arseculeratne & Mendoza, 1999	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 414.
amoebae of uncertain affinities ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Patterson et al., 2000: 818.
residual free-living and predatory heterotrophic flagellates ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Patterson et al., 2000: 1326.
eukaryotes ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Patterson, 1999: S111.
Cristidiscoidia (Subclass) Page, 1987	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: 989. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	2s
2000	D.J. Patterson et al.: 818	2s
1999	D.J. Patterson: S111	2s