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 Peridiniphycidae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993) Order Peridiniales Haeckel (1894) Suborder Peridiniineae Poche (1913) see Order Peridiniales Haeckel (1894) Family Pfiesteriaceae Steid. & J.M. Burkh. (1996) see Family Oodiniaceae Chatton (1920) Genus Pfiesteria Steid. & J.M. Burkh. (1996)