Phylum Dinoflagellata Engl. (1903)
see Superclass Dinoflagellata Bütschli, 1885
Subphylum Dinokaryota Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
Class Dinophyceae Pascher (1914)
Subclass Gymnodiniphycidae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
Order Gymnodiniales Apstein (1909)
Suborder Actiniscineae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993) [monotypic]
see Order Actiniscales Sournia (1984)
Family Actiniscaceae Kütz. (1844)
Genus Actiniscus (Ehrenb.) Ehrenb. (1843)