Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Ochrophyta - (Class) Dictyochophyceae

Original position

Chrysophyceae (Class) Fritsch (1927)

Subsequent positions

Pelagophyceae (Class) R.A. Andersen & G.W.Saunders (1993)
Sarcinochrysea (Class) Cavalier-Sm. (1995)		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 1995: [T. Cavalier-Smith].
Sarcinochrysidae (Subclass) Cavalier-Sm. (1993)		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: 989.

Current position

Dictyochophyceae (Class) Silva (1980)

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 18).

Alternative positions

Chrysophyceae (Class) Fritsch (1927)	[by reference]
Chrysophycidae (Subclass)	Ref: J. Kristiansen, 1982: 85.
Pelagophyceae (Class) R.A. Andersen & G.W.Saunders (1993)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 428. [inferred rank]
Sarcinochrysea (Class) Cavalier-Sm. (1995)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 1995 [new position]
Sarcinochrysidae (Subclass) Cavalier-Sm. (1993)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: 989. [new position]

Historical positions

Pelagophyceae (Class) R.A. Andersen & G.W.Saunders (1993)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 428.
Pelagophyceae (Class) R.A. Andersen & G.W.Saunders (1993)	Ref: J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig, 2001: 10.
Pelagophyceae (Class) R.A. Andersen & G.W.Saunders (1993)	Ref: R.A. Andersen & H.R. Preisig, 2000: 733.
Chrysomonada (Class)	Ref: H.R. Preisig & R.A. Andersen, 2000: 694. [excluded]
Sarcinochrysea (Class) Cavalier-Sm. (1995)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 1995 [new position]
Sarcinochrysidae (Subclass) Cavalier-Sm. (1993)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: 989. [new position]
Chrysophycidae (Subclass)	Ref: J. Kristiansen, 1982: 85.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;6g;5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 7 Mar 2016	[1f;6g]
2001	J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig: 11	[1f;7g]
2000	R.A. Andersen & H.R. Preisig	[7g]
1989	C.J. O'Kelly & C. Billard	4g
1982	J. Kristiansen	4f7g