Kingdom Chromalveolata Adl et al., 2005
see Kingdom Chromista Caval.-Sm. (1981)
Infrakingdom Alveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1991
see [unranked] Alveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1991
Phylum Myzozoa Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004
see Subphylum Myzozoa Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004
Superclass Dinokaryota Fensome et al., 1993
Class Noctiluciphyceae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993) [monotypic]
Order Noctilucales Haeckel (1894)
Family Noctilucaceae Kent (1881)
Genus Spatulodinium Cachon & Cachon-Enj. (1968)