Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Chlorophyta - (Class) Chlorophyceae - (Order) Chlamydomonadales - (Family) Volvocaceae

Original position

Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Volvocaceae (Family) Ehrenb. (1834)

Original entries

Volvox chaos L. (1758)
Volvox globator L. (1758)

Current position

Volvocaceae (Family) Ehrenb. (1834)

Ref: M.D. Guiry & G.M. Guiry, 1996-present: 17 Jun 2008.

Alternative positions

Flagellata (Phylum)
Volvocidae (Family) Ehrenberg, 1834	Ref: M. Melkonian & H.R. Preisig, 2000: 170.
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1324.

Historical positions

Chlamydomonadales (Order) F.E. Fritsch	Ref: F. Leliaert et al., 2012: 15, fig. 3. [rough position]
Chlorophyceae (Class) Wille (1884)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 422.
Volvocaceae (Family) Ehrenb. (1834)	Ref: H. Nozaki, 2003: 241-242.
Volvocidae (Family) Ehrenberg, 1834	Ref: M. Melkonian & H.R. Preisig, 2000: 170-171.
Volvocida (Order) Francé, 1894, orth. zool.	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Volvocaceae (Family) Ehrenb. (1834)	Ref: M. Melkonian, 1990: 611.
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 102. [rough position]
Volvocaceae (Family) Ehrenb. (1834)	Ref: P.C. Silva, 1982: 135.
Volvocida (Order) Francé, 1894, orth. zool.	Ref: S.P. Parker, 1982: 496. [alternative position]
Volvocidae (Family) Ehrenberg, 1834	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 355.
Volvocidae (Family) Ehrenberg, 1834	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): [583].
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1074, 1324.
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 646, 820. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	12s;1v
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	11s
1996-present	M.D. Guiry & G.M. Guiry: 17 Jun 2008	11s
2003	H. Nozaki	4sections;~20s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]