Proterozoa

Name

Proterozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1981

Similar groups

Classifications

Cavalier-Smith (1981)

Seven eukaryote kingdoms proposal [p. 478]

  • Superkingdom Eukaryota
    • Kingdom Protozoa
      • Phylum (proteromonads, cyathobodonids, Opalinida)
      • Phylum Dinozoa (dinoflagellates)
      • Phylum Parabasalia (trichomonads and hypermastigids)
      • Phylum Metamonadina (retortomonads, diplomonads, and oxymonads)
      • Phylum Sporozoa (cregarines, coccidlans, and piroplasms)
      • Phylum Infusoria (Ciliophora)
      • Phylum Foraminifera
      • Phylum Sarcodina (amoebae, amoeboflagellates, slime moulds (Mycetozoa), Radiolaria, Heliozoa, Acantharia, Myxosporea, Microsporea)

John O. Corliss (1984)

Kingdom Protista Haeckel, 1866

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

In Phylum Opalozoa
Subphylum Proterozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1981 emend. stat. nov. 1993