Clade Excavata
Parent taxon: Eukaryota according to S. M. Adl et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Amoebozoa, Animalia, Archaeplastida, Biliphyta, Chlorobiota, Chromalveolata, Fungi, Opisthokonta, Plantae, Protozoa, Rhizaria, Rhizopodea, Stramenopila, Pareodinia, Meiourogonyaulax, Ctenidodinium, Mendicodinium, Dapcodinium, Paragonyaulacysta, Ambonosphaera, Subtilisphaera, Dichadogonyaulax, Chrysophyta, Actinopoda, Heterokontophyta
Subtaxa: Euglenozoa, Fornicata, Heterolobosea, Jakobida, Malawimonas, Parabasalia, Preaxostyla