Viridiplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - green plants see Subkingdom Viridiplantae Caval.-Sm. (1981)
   Chlorophyta Pascher (1914) - green algae
     core chlorophytes
       Class Chlorophyceae Wille (1884) - chlorophytes
         Chlamydomonadales F.E. Fritsch
           Genus Dunaliella E.C. Teodoresco (1904)
             Dunaliella salina (Dunal, 1838) E.C. Teodoresco (1905)