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Charles Gilman creates the new detailed standard in Man&Beastsxx for piece-types
employing Leaper, Rider, and Slider. Historically in 2003 we add Multi-path as new Phylum to the Kingdom of movers. Larry/Gavin Smith are chief impetus for Planar as Phylum five. I have no qualms about Planar as separate domain here. From David Howe's very important article ''A Taxonomy,'' what other categories also warrant separate inclusion?
http://www.chessvariants.org/piececlopedia.dir/taxonomy.html
 First, let's credit Gilman's tremendous work, providing intricate details in subdivisions and compounding between and among linear and oblique, extended to two 3D realms and hexagons, all together with complete nomenclature. However, Gilman is only now turning to other p-t categories not in M&B, such as Imitators. This thread could become suggestion for M&Bs numbers beyond 22. Thorough as they have been, Man&Beasts have so far stayed within Phyla 1, 2, and 3.
http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/chessoids.html  In the following weeks we will draw on chessoids above and Betza also for new piece-types as generalizable sets from members. From ''Taxonomy'' let's make Multipositonal the sixth Phylum, to be elaborated. So far (1) Leaper (2) Slider (3) Rider (4) Multi-path (5) Planar (6) Multi-positional.