Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| kingdom | Chromalveolata Adl et al., 2005 |
| superphylum | Alveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1991 - alveolate |
| phylum | Ciliophora Doflein, 1901 - ciliate |
| subphylum | Intramacronucleata Lynn, 1996 |
| class | Phyllopharyngea de Puytorac et al., 1974 |
| subclass | Suctoria Claparède & Lachmann, 1858 |
| order | Exogenida Collin, 1912 |
| family | Podophryidae Haeckel, 1866 |
| genus | Podophrya Ehrenberg, 1838 |