Protostelida

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Subphylum: Conosa
Infraphylum: Mycetozoa
Classis: Stelamoebea
Ordo: Protostelida
Familiae: Protosteliidae - Cavosteliidae

Name

Protostelida Olive & Stoianovitch, 1966

Similar groups

• Protosteliida Olive, 1970, 1975
• Protostelia Olive, 1970, 1975
• Protosteliomycetes Alexopoulos & Mims, 1979
• Protosteliomycota Edwards, 1976
• Protostelea Cavalier-Smith, 1993
• Protostela Hausmann & Hülsmann, 1996

References

• Cavalier-Smith, T., Chao, E.E.-Y. & Oates, B. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Amoebozoa and the evolutionary significance of the unikont Phalansterium. European Journal of Protistology 40(1): 21–48. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.10.001 Reference page. 
• Spiegel, F.W.; Shadwick, L.L.; Ndiritu, G.G.; Brown, M.W.; Aguilar, M.; Shadwick, J.D. (2017). Protosteloid Amoebae (Protosteliida, Protosporangiida, Cavosteliida, Schizoplasmodiida, Fractoviteliida, and Sporocarpic Members of Vannellida, Centramoebida, and Pellitida). In: Archibald, J.M., Simpson, A.G.B., Slamovits, C. (Eds.). Handbook of the Protists. Springer, pp. 1–38. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32669-6_12-1

Classifications

Spiegel in Margulis et al. (1990)

Spiegel, F.W., 1990. 27b. Phylum Plasmodial Slime Molds, Class Protostelida. In: Margulis, L., J.O. Corliss, M. Melkonian, D.J. Chapman (ed.). Handbook of Protoctista. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, p. 484-497. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), [1].

Kingdom Protoctista

• Section IV: Phyla with flagellated stages and complex sexual cycles
  • Phylum 27. Plasmodial slime molds
    • Class Protostelida
    • Class Myxomycota

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla

In Phylum Mycetozoa, Subphylum Eumyxa
Class Protostelea Olive & Stoianovitch, 1966

David J. Patterson (1999)

From The Diversity of Eukaryotes

In Ramicristates
Protostelids

Adl et al. (2005)

Adl, S.M. et al. 2005: The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists. Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, 52 (5): 399–451. PDF

Eukaryota

• Amoebozoa Lühe, 1913, emend. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
  • Eumycetozoa Zopf, 1884, emend. Olive, 1975 (Mycetozoa de Bary, 1873)
    • Protostelia Olive, 1975 (P)
      • Cavostellium, Ceratiomyxa, Ceratiomyxella, Microglomus, Nematostelium, Protostelium, Tychosporium

Adl et al. (2012)

Adl, S.M. et al. (2012). The revised classification of eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59 (5): 429–514, [2].

[taxa containing "protosteloids"]

• In Amoebozoa Lühe, 1913, emend. Cavalier-Smith 1998 (= Eumycetozoa Zopf 1884, emend Olive 1975)
  • In Discosea Cavalier-Smith et al. 2004 (R)
    • In Flabellinia Smirnov et al. 2005 (R)
      • In Vannellida Smirnov et al. 2005 (R)
        • Protosteliopsis fimicola
    • In Longamoebia Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov in Smirnov et al. 2011 (R)
      • In Centramoebida Rogerson & Patterson 2002, emend. Cavalier-Smith 2004 (R)
        • In incertae sedis Centramoebida: protosteloid LHI05, “Protostelium” arachisporum, “Protostelium” pyriformis
  • Protosteliida Olive & Stoianovitch 1966, emend. Shadwick & Spiegel in Adl et al. 2012
    • Planoprotostelium, Protostelium
  • Cavosteliida Shadwick & Spiegel in Adl et al. 2012
    • Cavostelium, Schizoplasmodiopsis (P), Tychosporium
  • Protosporangiida Shadwick & Spiegel in Adl et al. 2012
    • Protosporangiidae Spiegel in Adl et al. 2012
      • Clastostelium, Protosporangium
    • Ceratiomyxa Schröter 1889
  • Fractovitelliida Lahr et al. 2011
    • Grellamoeba, Soliformovum
  • Schizoplasmodiida L. Shadwick & Spiegel in Adl et al. 2012
    • Ceratiomyxella, Nematostelium, Schizoplasmodium
    • Incertae sedis Schizoplasmodiida: Phalansterium Stein 1878 [not protosteloid]