[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Class Dinophyceae Pascher (1914)
       Subclass Peridiniphycidae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
         Order Gonyaulacales F.J.R. Taylor (1980)
           Suborder Gonyaulacineae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
             Family Gonyaulacaceae Er. Lindem. (1928)
               Subfamily Gonyaulacoideae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
                 Genus Gonyaulax Diesing (1866)
                   Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing (1866)