Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Miozoa

Original position

Protalveolata (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1991

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 971).

Subsequent positions

Perkinsozoa (Superclass) Norén et al., 1999

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): 131.

Current position

Dinoflagellata (Superclass) Bütschli, 1885

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 15).

Alternative positions

Dinoflagellata (Phylum) Engl. (1903)	Ref: F. Gómez, 2012: table 1 (p. 69).
Myzozoa (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004	Ref: F. Gómez, 2012: table 2 (p. 73).
Perkinsozoa (Superclass) Norén et al., 1999	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): 131. [new position]
Protalveolata (Infraphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1991	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 78).
Protalveolata (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1991	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1995: table (p. 1013).

Historical positions

Dinoflagellata (Superclass) Bütschli, 1885	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 15).
Perkinsozoa (Superclass) Norén et al., 1999	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): 131. [new position]
Myzozoa (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004	Ref: F. Gómez, 2012: table 2 (p. 73).
Dinoflagellata (Phylum) Engl. (1903)	Ref: F. Gómez, 2012: table 1 (p. 69).
Protalveolata (Infraphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1991	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 78), fig. 4.1.
Protalveolata (Infraphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1991	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2000
Protalveolata (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1991	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1995: table (p. 1013).
Protalveolata (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1991	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 971). [new spelling]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1o;1f;5g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Feb 2016	[1o;1f;5g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 15)	[1o]