
Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Chromista
Subregnum: Hacrobia 
Phylum: Heliozoa 
Classes: Centrohelea – ?Ciliophryida – Heliozoa incertae sedis
Name
Heliozoa Haeckel, 1866
Synonyms (sensu lato):
- Heliozoea Levine et al., 1980
 - Heliozoia Honigberg et al., 1964
 
Synonym (sensu stricto, Cavalier-Smith, 2015):
- Centrohelida Honigberg et al., 1964 [?]
 
Vernacular names
References
- Nikolaev SI, Berney C, Fahrni JF, et al. (2004): "The twilight of Heliozoa and rise of Rhizaria, an emerging supergroup of amoeboid eukaryotes". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (21): 8066–71, .
 - Thomas Cavalier-Smith: Protist phylogeny and the high-level classification of Protozoa, Europ. J. Protistol. 39: 338–348 (2003).
 - Mikrjukov, K. A. (2000). Taxonomy and phylogeny of heliozoa. I. The order Desmothoracida Hertwig et Lesser, 1874. Acta Protozoologica, 39, 81-97, .
 - Mikrjukov, K. A. (2000). Taxonomy and phylogeny of heliozoa. II. The order Dimorphida Siemensma, 1991 (Cercomonadea classis n.): Diversity and relatedness with cercomonads. Acta Protozoologica, 39(2), 99-116, .
 - Mikrjukov, K. A., & Patterson, D. J. (2001). Taxonomy and phylogeny of Heliozoa. III. Actinophryids. Acta Protozoologica, 40(1), 3-26,
 
Links
Alternative classifications
Haeckel (1866)
From Generelle morphologie der organismen, Bd. 1, Bd. 2.
Protistenreich - kingdom Protista
- Rhizopoda 
- Acyttaria
 - Heliozoa
 - Radiolaria
 
 
Hertwig & Lesser (1874)
Hertwig, R. & Lesser, E. (1874). Ueber Rhizopoden und denselben nahestehende Organismen. Arch. Mikroskop. Anat. (Suppl.) 10: 35–243. .
- I. Heliozoa Askeleta 
- 1. Actinophrys sol
 - 2. Actinosphaerium Eichhornii
 
 - II. Heliozoa Skeletophora 
- A. Chalarothoraca 
- 3. Acanthocystis 
- Acanthocystis spinifera
 - Acanthocystis aculeata
 - Acanthocystis turfacea
 
 - 4. Pinacocystis rubicunda
 - 5. Heterophiys 
- Heterophiys marina
 - Heterophiys spinifera
 
 - 6. Raphidiophrys elegans
 - 7. Hyalolampe 
- Hyalolampe fenestrata
 - Hyalolampe exigua
 
 
 - 3. Acanthocystis 
 - B. Desmothoraca
- 8. Hedriocystis pellucida
 - 9. Clathrulina elegans
 
 
 - A. Chalarothoraca 
 
Leidy (1879)
Leidy, J. (1879). Fresh-Water Rhizopods of North America. Washington: U.S. Geol Survey of the Territories. 324 p., .
Class Rhizopoda
- Order Heliozoa
- Actinophrys, Heterophrys, Raphidiophrys, Vampyrella, Diplophrys, Actinosphaerium, Acanthocystis, Hyalolampe, Clathrulina
 
 
Bütschli (1880-1882)
From Bütschli, O. (1880–1889). Dr. H.G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs: wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild: wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Erster Band: Protozoa. Abt. I, Sarkodina und Sporozoa, 1880-82 . C.F. Winter, Leipzig.
Phylum Protozoa
- Class Sarkodina
- Subclass Rhizopoda
 - Subclass Heliozoa
- Order Aphrothoraca Hertw. 1879
 - Order Chlamydophora Archer 1876
 - Order Chalarothoraca Hertw. u. L. 1874
 - Order Desmothoraca Hertw. u. L. 1874
 
 - Subclass Radiolaria
 
 
Schaudin (1896)
Helizoa
- Order Aphrothoraca
 - Order Chlamydophora
 - Order Chalarothoraca
 - Order Desmothoraca
 
Hartmann (1913)
Hartmann M. (1913). Rhizopoda. In: Handwörterbuch der Naturwissenschaften, Bd. 8, p. 422-446, .
- 1. Unterklasse: Rhizopoda (im engeren Sinne)
 - 2. Unterklasse: Heliozoa
- 1. Ordnung. Actinophrydea nom. nov.
 - 2. Ordnung. Acanthocystidea nom. nov.
 - 3. Ordnung. Clathrulinidea
 
 - 3. Unterklasse: Radiolaria
 - 4. Unterklasse: Mycetozoa (Myxomyceta)
 
Kühn (1926)
Kühn, A. (1921). Morphologie der Tiere in Bildern. Heft 2: Protozoen. Teil 2. Rhizopoden. Gebrüder Borntraeger: Berlin, .
- 2. Klasse: Rhizopoda
- III. Unterklasse: Heliozoa
- 1. Ordnung: Actinophrydia
 - 2. Ordnung: Centrohelidia
 
 
 - III. Unterklasse: Heliozoa
 
Valkanov (1940)
Valkanov, A. 1940. Die Heliozoen und Proteomyxien Artbestand und sonstige kritische Bemerkungen. Arch Protistenk 93: 225–254, .
- "organisms in the 'no man's land' between the Heliozoa, Proteomyxa, Flagellata and Chytridiales"
- (1) Heliozoa
- Suborder Actinophrydia
- Actinophrys, Actinosphaerium, Camptonema
 
 - Suborder Centrohelidia 
- Oxnerella, Gymnosphaera, Astrodisculus, Heterophrys, Lithocolla, Acanthocystis, Pinaciophora, Pinacocystis, Pompholyxophrys, Pinaciocystis, Raphidiophrys, Raphidocystis, Wagnerella, Microsol, Myriophrys
 
 
 - Suborder Actinophrydia
 - (2) Helioflagellata
- Acinetactis, Dimorpha, Dimorphella ("Pteridomonas, Actinomonas and Ciliophrys are relegated to the flagellate orders Pantostomina or Protomastigina")
 
 - (3) Desmothoraca
- Clathrulina, Hedriocystis, Monomastigocystis, Orbulinella, Choanocystis
 
 - (4) Monadida
- Family Zoosporidae
 - Family Azoosporidae
- Algophaga, Arachnula, Bursulina, Eichenia, Endionema, Enteromyxa, Hialodiscus [Hyalodiscus], Leptophrys, Monadopsis, Vampyrella, Vampyrina
 
 
 - (5) Proteomyxa
- Biomyxa, Dictyomyxa, Myxodictyum, Rhizoplasma, Pontomyxa, Protogenes, Protomyxa, Penardia, Leptomyxa, Chichkovia
 
 - (6) Gymnamoebida
- Actinocoma, Actinolophus, Cienkowskya, Clathrella, Eleorhanis, Monobia, Myxastrum, Nuclearia, Nuclearella, Nuclearina, Zooteirea
 
 - (7) Labyrinthuloidea
 
 - (1) Heliozoa
 
Grassé et al. (1953)
Grassé, P.-P. (Ed.). Traité de Zoologie. Vol. 1.2, Protozoaires: Rhizopodes, Actinopodes, Sporozoaires, Cnidosporidies, 1953. Masson, Paris, , , .
Règne animal
- Phylum Protozoa
- Subphylum Actinopoda
- Class Heliozoa [par Trégoubouff]
- Heliozoa sensu stricto
- Order Actinophrydia
 - Order Centrohelidia
- Suborder Aphrothoraca
 - Suborder Chlamydophora
 - Suborder Chalarothoraca
 
 
 - Pseudo-Heliozoa
- Order Protomyxidea
- Family Helioflagellidae
 - Family Zoosporidae
 - Family Azoosporidae (= Vampyrellidae)
 - Incertae sedis
 
 - Order Desmothoraca
 - Appendice: Labyrinthulidae
 
 - Order Protomyxidea
 
 - Heliozoa sensu stricto
 
 - Class Heliozoa [par Trégoubouff]
 
 - Subphylum Actinopoda
 
Moore (1954)
Moore, R. C. Heliozoa. In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part D Protista 3 (Chiefly Radiolarians And Tintinnines), 1954, .
- Subphylum Sarcodina
- Class Actinopoda Calkins, 1909
- Subclass Heliozoa Haeckel, 1866
- Order Actinophrydea Hartmann, 1913
 - Order Centrohelidia Kühn, 1926
 - Order Desmothoraca Hertwig & Lesser, 1874
 - Order Helioflagellida Doflein, 1907
 
 
 - Subclass Heliozoa Haeckel, 1866
 
 - Class Actinopoda Calkins, 1909
 
Kudo (1954)
- Phylum Protozoa Goldfuss
- Subphylum 1 Plasmodroma Doflein
- Class 1 Mastigophora Diesing
 - Class 2 Sarcodina Hertwig and Lesser
- Subclass 1 Rhizopoda Siebold
 - Subclass 2 Actinopoda Calkins
- Order 1 Heliozoa Haeckel
- Family 1 Actinocomidae 
- Genus Actinocoma Penard
 
 - Family 2 Actinophyridae Claus
- Genus Actinophrys Ehrenberg, Genus Actinosphaerium Stein, Genus Camptonema Schaudinn, Genus Oxnerella Dobell
 
 - Family 3 Ciliophryidae Poche
- Genus Ciliophrys Cienkowski
 
 - Family 4 Lithocollidae Poche
- Genus Lithocolla Schulze, Genus Astrodisculus Greeff, Genus Actinolophus Schulze, Genus Elaeorhanis Greeff, Genus Sphaerastrum Greeff
 
 - Family 5 Heterophryidae Poche
- Genus Heterophrys Archer
 
 - Family 6 Clathrellidae Poche 
- Genus Clathrella Penard
 
 - Family 7 Acanthocystidae Claus 
- Genus Acanthocystis Carter, Genus Pompholyxophrys Archer, Genus Raphidiophrys Archer, Genus Raphidocystis Penard, Genus Wagnerella Mereschkowsky, Genus Pinaciophora Greeff
 
 - Family 8 Clathrulinidae Claus
- Genus Clathrulina Cienkowski, Genus Hedriocystis Hertwig and Lesser, Genus Elaster Grimm, Genus Choanocystis Penard
 
 - Family 9 Myriophryidae Poche
- Genus Myriophrys Penard
 
 
 - Family 1 Actinocomidae 
 - Order 2 Radiolaria Müller
 
 - Order 1 Heliozoa Haeckel
 
 
 
 - Subphylum 1 Plasmodroma Doflein
 
Honigberg et al. (1964)
Class: Actinopodea
Subclass: Heliozoia
- Order: Actinophryida
 - Order: Centrohelida
 - Order: Desmothoracida
 
Rainer (1968)
Rainer, H. 1968. Urtiere, Protozoa; Wurzelfüßler, Rhizopoda; Sonnentierchen, Heliozoa. In: Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile. Eds. Fr. Dahl, M. Dahl, Fr. Peus. Jena: Gustav Fischer Verlag. Bd. 56. 176 p., .
- Ordnung: Heliozoa
- Unterordnung: Actinophrydia
 - Unterordnung: Centrohelidia
 - Unterordnung: Rotosphaeridia
 
 - Pseudoheliozoa
- Ordnung: Desmothoraca
 - Ordnung: Pseudoheliozoa (s. str.)
 
 
Febvre-Chevalier (1982)
Febvre-Chevalier, Colette. (1982). Revision of the taxonomy of the Heliozoa with attention to electron microscopical criteria. Annales de l’Institute Océanographique de Paris 58:173-178, .
- Sarcodina 
- Actinopodea
- Heliozoa
- I. Centrohelida Hartmann, 1913
 - II. Actinophryida Kuhn, 1926
 - III. Desmothoracida Hertwig & Lesser,1874
 - IV. Ciliophryida Febvre-Chevalier, 1981
 - V. Taxopodida Fol, 1883
 - VI. Rotosphaerida Rainer, 1968
 
 
 - Heliozoa
 
 - Actinopodea
 
John O. Corliss (1984)
From The kingdom Protista and its 45 phyla
Kingdom Protista
Assemblage: "Actinopods"
Phylum: Heliozoa Haeckel, 1886
Febvre-Chevalier in Lee et al. (1985)
Febvre-Chevalier, C. (1985) IV. Class Heliozoea Haeckel 1866. In: Lee, J.J., Hutner, S.H. & Bovee, E.C. (eds.), An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, 1st ed. Society of Protozoologists, . See Fernández-Galiano, 1990, .
Subkingdom Protozoa (Goldfuss, 1818) von Siebold, 1846
- Phylum Sarcomastigophora Honigberg & Balamuth, 1963
 
- Subphylum Sarcodina Schmarda, 1871
 
- Superclass Actinopodea Calkins, 1902
 
- Class Acantharea Haeckel, 1881
 - Class Polycystina (Ehrenberg, 1838) Riedel, 1967
 - Class Phaeodarea Haeckel, 1879
 - Class Heliozoea Haeckel, 1866
 
- Order Actinophryida Kuhn, 1926
 - Order Desmothoracida Hertwig & Lesser,1874
 - Order Ciliophryida n. ord.
 - Order Taxopodida Fol, 1883
 - Order Centrohelida Hartmann, 1913
 - Order Rotosphaerida Rainer, 1968
 
de Puytorac et al. (1987)
From Puytorac, P. de, Grain, J., Mignot, J.P. Précis de protistologie. Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd, 1987. 581 p., , , . See Fernández-Galiano, 1990, .
- Phylum Actinopoda
- Subphylum Heliozoa
- Classe Cryptaxohelidea
 - Classe Phaneraxohelidea
 
 
 - Subphylum Heliozoa
 
Febvre-Chevalier in Margulis et al. (1990)
Febvre-Chevalier, C., 1990. 20b. Phylum Actinopoda, Class Heliozoa. In: Margulis, L., J.O. Corliss, M. Melkonian, D.J. Chapman (ed.). Handbook of Protoctista. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, p. 347-362. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), .
Kingdom Protoctista
- Section III: Phyla with flagellated stages, but without complex sexual cycles
- Phylum 20. Actinopoda
- Class Polycystina
 - Class Phaeodaria
 - Class Heliozoa
 - Class Acantharia
 
 
 - Phylum 20. Actinopoda
 
Siemensma (1991)
Siemensma, F.J. (1991): Heliozoea. In: Nackte Rhizopoda und Heliozoea (Protozoenfauna Band 2). Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, pp. 173–285, , .
Heliozoea
Cavalier-Smith (1993)
From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla
Kingdom Protozoa
Parvkingdom: Actinopoda
Phylum: Heliozoa Haeckel, 1866 emend. stat. nov. Margulis, 1974
- Class Nucleohelea
 - Class Centrohelea
 
Mikrjukov, Siemensma, & Patterson, in Lee et al. (2000)
Mikrjukov, K.A., Siemensma, F.J. & Patterson, D.J., 2000. Phylum Heliozoa. In: Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. & Bradbury, P. An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. Society of Protozoologists/Allen Press: Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A, 2nd ed., vol. 2, p. 860-871, . See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), .
In “protozoa”, “amoeboid protists”
- Phylum Heliozoa Haeckel, 1866
- Order Centrohelida Kühn, 1926 
- Family Heterophryidae Poche, 1913
- Genus Oxnerella Dobell, 1917
 - Genus Chlamydaster Rainer, 1968
 - Genus Sphaerastrum Greeff, 1873
 - Genus Heterophrys Archer, 1869
 
 - Family Raphidiophryidae Mikrjukov, 1996
- Genus Parasphaerastrum Mikrjukov, 1996
 - Genus Polyplacocystis Mikrjukov, 1996
 - Genus Raphidiophrys Archer, 1867
 - Genus Raphidocystis Pénard, 1904
 
 - Family Acanthocystidae Claus, 1874
- Genus Pseudoraphidocystis Mikrjukov, 1997
 - Genus Pseudoraphidiophrys Mikrjukov, 1997
 - Genus Pterocystis Siemensma & Roijackers, 1988
 - Genus Echinocystis Mikrjukov, 1997
 - Genus Choanocystis Penard, 1904
 - Genus Acanthocystis Carter, 1863
 
 
 - Family Heterophryidae Poche, 1913
 - [unplaced families]
- Family Actinophryidae Dujardin, 1841 
- Genus Actinophrys Ehrenberg, 1832[1830]
 - Genus Actinosphaerium Stein, 1857
 
 - Family Clathrulinidae ("desmothoracids")
- Genus Clathrulina Cienkowski, 1867
 - Genus Hedriocystis Hertwig & Lesser, 1874
 - Genus Cienkowskya Schaudinn, 1896
 
 - Family Gymnosphaeridae
- Genus Hedraiophrys Febvre-Chevalier, 1973
 - Genus Actinocoryne Febvre-Chevalier, 1980
 - Genus Gymnosphaera Sassaki, 1894
 
 
 - Family Actinophryidae Dujardin, 1841 
 - [unplaced genera]
- Genus Sticholonche Hertwig, 1877
 - Genus Wagnerella Mereschkowsky, 1878
 - Genus Actinolophus Schulze, 1874
 - Genus Servetia Poche, 1913
 
 
 - Order Centrohelida Kühn, 1926 
 
Mikryukov (2001)
Mikryukov, K.A. (2001). Heliozoa as a component of marine microbenthos: a study of Heliozoa of the White Sea. Ophelia 54: 51–73.
"heliozoa"
- Order Centrohelida Kuhn, 1926
- Family Heterophryidae Poche, 1913
 - Family Raphidiophryidae Mikrjukov 1996
 - Family Acanthocystidae Claus, 1874
 
 - Order Actinophryida Hartmann, 1913
- Family Actinophryidae Dujardin, 1841
 
 - Order Desmothoracida Hertwig & Lesser, 1874
- Family Clathrulinidae Poche, 1913
 
 - Order Gymnosphaerida Poche, 1913
- Family Wagnerellidae Poche, 1913
 
 - "helioflagellates"
- Order Dimorphida Siemensma 1991,
 - Order Ciliophryida Febvre-Chevalier, 1985
- Family Ciliophryidae Poche, 1913
 
 - Order Pedinellales Zimmermann, Moestrup & Hallfors, 1984
- Family Actinomonadidae Poche, 1913
 
 
 - Heliozoa incertae sedis
- Servetia borealis (Mereschkowsky, 1877) Poche 1913
 
 - Order Rotosphaerida Rainer, 1968
- Family Pompholyxophryidae Page, 1987
 - Family Nucleariidae Cann et Page, 1979
 
 
Cavalier-Smith (2002)
From The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa
Kingdom: Protozoa
Subkingdom: Gymnomyxa
Infrakingdom: Rhizaria
- Class Centrohelea
 - Class Nucleohelea (?)
 
Nikolaev et al. (2005)
From The twilight of Heliozoa and rise of Rhizaria, an emerging supergroup of amoeboid eukaryotes, .
- Bikonta
- Rhizaria 
- core Cercozoa
- Phaeodarea ["Radiolaria"]
 - Desmothoracida ["Heliozoa"]
 - other core Cercozoa
 
 - Phytomyxea
 - Haplosporidia
 - Foraminifera
 - Gromiidae
 - [unnamed] [= Radiolaria sensu Adl et al., 2005]
- Acantharea ["Radiolaria"]
 - Taxopodida ["Heliozoa"]
 - Polycystinea ["Radiolaria"]
 
 
 - core Cercozoa
 - Stramenopiles
 - Centrohelida ["Heliozoa"]
 
 - Rhizaria 
 
Pugachev et al. (2011)
From Protista 3.
Protists (Eukaryota)
- Rhizaria
- Taxopodida Foll, 1883 ("heliozoans") (3)
 - [etc.]
 - Cercozoa
- Desmothoracida Hertwig & Lesser, 1874 ("heliozoans") (3)
 - Dimorphida Siemensma, 1991 ("heliozoans") (3)
 - [etc.]
 
 
 - Alveolata
 - Heterokonta
- Actinophryida Hartmann, 1913 ("heliozoans") (3)
 - Pedinellida Zimmermann, Moestrup & Hallfors, 1984 ("heliozoans") (3)
 - [etc.]
 
 - Hacrobia
- Centrohelida Kühn, 1926 ("heliozoans") (3)
 - [etc.]
 
 - Archaeplastida
 - Excavata
 - Amoebozoa
 - Opisthokonta
- Rotosphaerida Rainer, 1968 ("heliozoans") (3)
 - [etc.]
 
 - Eukaryota incertae sedis
- Gymnosphaerida Poche, 1913 ("heliozoans") (3)
 - [etc.]
 
 
[Note: numbers indicate volume in which the groups were treated.]
Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Ruggiero, M.A., Gordon, D.P., Orrell, T.M., Bailly, N., Bourgoin, T., Brusca, R.C., Cavalier-Smith, T., Guiry, M. D. & Kirk, P. M. (2015). A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248, .
- Superkingdom Eukaryota
- Kingdom Chromista
- Subkingdom Hacrobia
- Phylum Heliozoa
- Class Centrohelea
- Order Acanthocystida
 - Order Pterocystida
 
 
 - Class Centrohelea
 
 - Phylum Heliozoa
 
 - Subkingdom Hacrobia
 
 - Kingdom Chromista