Honigberg et al. (1964)

Class: Actinopodea
Subclass: Heliozoia

• Order: Actinophryida
• Order: Centrohelida
• Order: Desmothoracida

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla

In Class Nucleohelea
Order Desmothoracida Hertwig & Lesser, 1874

David J. Patterson (1999)

From The Diversity of Eukaryotes

In Eukaryotes
Clade Desmothoracids

• Clathrulina (?=Elaster)
• Hedriocystis
• Cienkowskya (=Monomastigocystis)

Mikrjukov (2000a)

Mikrjukov, K. A. (2000). Taxonomy and phylogeny of heliozoa. I. The order Desmothoracida Hertwig et Lesser, 1874. Acta Protozoologica, 39, 81-97, .

Order Desmothoracida Hertwig et Lesser, 1874

• Family Clathrulinidae Claus, 1874
  • Genus Clathrulina Cienkowski, 1867
  • Genus Actinosphaeridium Zacharias, 1893
  • Genus Hedriocystis Hertwig et Lesser, 1874
  • Genus Penardiophrys gen. n.
  • Genus Cienkowskya Schaudinn, 1896

Mikrjukov (2000b)

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, .

• Phylum Sarcomonadea Cavalier-Smith, 1993, stat. n.
  • Class Mycetozoea de Bary, 1873
  • Class Thaumatomonadea Cavalier-Smith, 1993, stat. n.
  • Class Thecomonadea Cavalier-Smith, 1993, stat. n.
  • Class Cercomonadea classis n.
    • Order Cercomonadida Poche, 1913
    • Order Dimorphida Siemensma, 1991
      • Genus Dimorpha Gruber, 1882
      • Genus Tetradimorpha Hsiung, 1927
    • Order Desmothoracida Hertwig et Lesser, 1874
    • Order Gymnosphaerida Poche, 1913;
• Flagellata incertae sedis
  • Genus Pseudodimorpha gen. n.