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The composition of Discosea is similar to that of the class Flabellinea, proposed by Alexey Smirnov and his collaborators in 2005. However, Discosea is a more comprehensive taxon, including several groups not included in Flabellinea. In 2011, Smirnov et al. accepted Discosea as a class, and reduced Flabellinea to the rank of a subclass with the name Flabellinia.

Taxonomy

Class Discosea Cavalier-Smith 2004 stat. nov. Adl et al. 2018

  • Order ?Hyalodiscida
    • Family Hyalodiscidae Page 1976 non Poche 1913
  • Order ?Stereomyxida Grell 1971
    • Family Stereomyxidae Grell 1966
  • Order ?Stygamoebida Smirnov & Cavalier-Smith 2011
    • Family Stygamoebidae Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov 2011
  • Subclass Centramoebia Cavalier-Smith et al. 2016
    • Order Centramoebida Rogerson & Patterson 2002 em. Cavalier-Smith 2004
    • Order Himatismenida Page 1987 [Cochliopodiida]
      • Family Parvamoebidae Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov 2011
      • Family Cochliopodiidae Taranek 1882
    • Order Pellitida Page 1987
      • Family Pellitidae Smirnov & Kudryavtsev 2005
      • Family Goceviidae Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov 2011
  • Subclass Flabellinia Smirnov & Cavalier-Smith 2011 em. Kudryavtsev et al. 2014
    • Order Dactylopodida Smirnov et al. 2005
      • Family Paramoebidae Poche 1913 em. Kudryavtsev, Pawlowski & Hausmann 2011
      • Family Vexilliferidae Page 1987 em. Kudryavtsev, Pawlowski & Hausmann 2011
    • Order Dermamoebida Cavalier-Smith 2004 em. Smirnov & Cavalier-Smith 2011
      • Family Dermamoebidae Cavalier-Smith & Smirnov 2011 (Lingulate amoeba)
      • Family Mayorellidae Schaeffer 1926 em. Smirnov et al. 2011
    • Order Thecamoebida Schaeffer 1926 em. Smirnov & Cavalier-Smith 2011
      • Family Stenamoebidae Cavalier-Smith 2016
      • Family Thecamoebidae Chatton 1925 em. Smirnov et al. 2011 (striate & rugose amoeba)
    • Order Vannellida Smirnov et al. 2005
      • Family Discamoebidae Bovee & Jahn, 1967 ex Jahn, Bovee & Griffith 1974
      • Family Vannellidae (Bovee, 1970)

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