# Dinophyceae

Dinophyceae is a class of dinoflagellates.

## 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]