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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]