Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata

Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Class group names

*Dinoflagellida*		synonym
*Dinomastigota*		synonym
*Dinophyta*		synonym

Children

Actiniscales Sournia, 1984
Amphilothales (Kofoid & Swezy) Lindemann
Blastodiniales Chatton
Brachidiniales Loeblich III ex Sournia, 1984
Coccidiniales
Dinophysiales Lindemann, 1928
Gonyaulacales Taylor, 1980
Gymnodiniales Lemmermann, 1910
Lophodiniales J.D. Dodge
Noctilucales Haeckel, 1894
Oxyrrhinales Sournia, 1984
Peridiniales Haeckel, 1894
Phytodiniales T.Christensen
Prorocentrales Lemmermann, 1910
Pyrocystales Apstein, 1909
Suessiales Fensome, Taylor, Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & Williams, 1993
Syndiniales
Thoracosphaerales Tangen in Tangen, Brand, Blackwelder & Guillard, 1982

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: dinoflagellates

Literature

basis of record	Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.

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Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Dinophyceae. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:19542