Dinophyceae
Noctiluca scintillans, dinoflagellate that exhibits bioluminescence
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Myzozoa
Subphylum:	Dinozoa
Superclass:	Dinoflagellata
Class:	Dinophyceae Pascher, 1914
Orders
Actiniscales Akashiwales Amphilothales Apodiniales Blastodiniales Brachidiniales Dinophysiales Dinotrichales Gonyaulacales Gymnodiniales Haplozoonales †Nannoceratopsiales Peridiniales Phytodiniales Prorocentrales Ptychodiscales Thoracosphaerales

Dinophyceae is a class of dinoflagellates.^[1][2][3]

Taxonomy

• Class Dinophyceae Pascher 1914 [Peridinea Ehrenberg 1830 stat. nov. Wettstein; Blastodiniphyceae Fensome et al. 1993 orthog. emend.]
  • Order Haplozoonales [Haplozooidea Poche 1913]
    • Family Haplozoonaceae Chatton 1920
  • Order Akashiwales
    • Family Akashiwaceae
  • Order Blastodiniales Chatton 1906 [Blastodinida Chatton 1906]
    • Family Blastodiniaceae Cavers 1913
  • Order Apodiniales
    • Family Apodiniaceae Chatton 1920
  • Order Dinotrichales Pascher 1914
    • Family Crypthecodiniaceae Biecheler 1938 ex Chatton 1952
    • Family Dinotrichaceae Pascher 1914
  • Order Phytodiniales T. Christ. 1962 ex Loeblich 1970 [Dinococcales Pascher 1914; Suessiales Fensome & al. 1993; Dinamoebales]
    • Family †Suessiaceae Fensome et al. 1993
    • Family Phytodiniaceae Klebs 1912 [Dinococcaceae Fott 1960; Hemidiniaceae Bourrelly 1970; Borghiellaceae Moestrup, Lindberg & Daugbjerg 2009]
    • Family Symbiodiniaceae Fensome & al. 1993 [Zooxanthellaceae]
  • Order Brachidiniales Loeblich III 1982 ex Sournia 1984
    • Family Brachidiniaceae Sournia 1972 [Kareniaceae Bergholtz & al. 2006]
  • Order Ptychodiscales Fensome & al. 1993
    • Family Ptychodiscaceae Lemmermann 1899
  • Order Amphilothales Lindemann 1928
    • Family Amphitholaceae Poche 1913 [Amphilothaceae]
  • Order Actiniscales [Actiniscineae (Sournia 1984) Fensome et al. 1993b]
    • Family Actiniscaceae Kützing 1844 [Gymnasteraceae Lindemann 1928]
    • Family Dicroerismaceae Fensome & al. 1993
  • Order Gymnodiniales Lemmermann 1910
    • Cochlodinium group
    • Gyrodinium dorsum group
    • Gyrodinium group
    • Togula group
    • Family Chytriodiniaceae Cachon & Cachon-Enjumet 1968
    • Family Gymnodiniaceae (Bergh 1881a) Lankester 1885 [Polykrikaceae Kofoid & Swezy 1921]
    • Family Warnowiaceae Lindemann 1928
  • Order Prorocentrales Lemmermann 1910
    • Family Haplodiniaceae Lindemann 1928
    • Family Prorocentraceae Stein 1883
  • Order †Nannoceratopsiales Piel & Evitt 1980
    • Family †Nannoceratopsiaceae Gocht 1970
  • Order Dinophysiales Lindemann 1928
    • Family Amphisoleniaceae Lindemann 1928
    • Family Dinophysaceae Stein 1883 [Citharistaceae Kofoid & Skogsberg 1928; Ornithocercaceae Kofoid & Skogsberg 1928]
    • Family Oxyphysaceae Sournia 1984
  • Order Gonyaulacales Taylor 1980 [Pyrocystales Apstein 1909]
    • Family †Lotharingiaceae
    • Family †Mancodiniaceae
    • Family †Pareodiniaceae
    • Family †Scriniocassiaceae
    • Amylax group
    • Family Ceratiaceae Kofoid 1907
    • Family Goniodomataceae Lindemann 1928 [Ostreopsidaceae Lindemann 1928, Triadiniaceae Dodge 1981; Yeseviidae Özdikmen 2009, Centrodiniaceae Hernández-Becerril et al. 2010]
    • Family Gonyaulacaceae Lindemann 192
    • Family Protoceratidaceae Lindemann 1928 [Ceratocorythaceae Lindemann 1928]
    • Family Pyrocystaceae (Schütt 1896) Lemmermann 1899 [Pyrophacaceae Lindemann 1928; Helgolandinioideae]
    • Family Thecadiniaceae Balech 1956
  • Order Thoracosphaerales Tangen 1982 [?Lophodiniales Dodge 1984]
    • Family Calciodinellaceae [Calciodinelloideae Deflandre 1947]
    • Family Glenodiniaceae Wiley & Hickson 1909 [Glenodiniopsidaceae Schiller 1935; Dinosphaeraceae Lindemann 1928; Lophodiniaceae Osorio-Tafall 1942; Glenodiniineae Fensome et al. 1993b]
    • Family Thoracosphaeraceae Schiller 1930 [Oodiniaceae Chatton 1920; Protoodinidae; Protoodiniaceae Cachon 1964; Hemidiniaceae Bourrelly 1970; Cachonellaceae Silva 1980; Stylodiniaceae Pascher ex Sournia 1984; Pfiesteriaceae Steidinger & al. 1996)]
  • Order Peridiniales Haeckel 1894
    • Family †Comparodiniaceae Vozzhennikova 1979
    • Family †Stephanelytraceae Stover et al. 1977
    • Family †Dollidiniaceae Fensome et al. 1993
    • Amphidoma caudata group
    • Ensiculifera group
    • Family Amphidiniopsidaceae Dodge 1984
    • Family Amphidomataceae Sournia 1984
    • Family Cladopyxidaceae Stein 1883 [Cladopyxididae Poche 1913]
    • Family Diplopsaliaceae Matsuoka 1988 [Diplopsaloideae]
    • Family Endodiniaceae Schiller 1935
    • Family Heterocapsaceae Fensome et al. 1993 [Heterocapsineae Fensome et al. 1993]
    • Family Heterodiniaceae Lindemann 1928
    • Family Oxytoxaceae Lindemann 1928
    • Family Peridiniaceae
    • Family Podolampadaceae Lindemann 1928 [Lessardiaceae Carbonell-Moore 2004]
    • Family Protoperidiniaceae Balech 1988 [Kolkwitziellaceae Lindemann 1928; Congruentidiaceae Schiller 1935; Protoperidiniaceae Bujak & Davies 1998]