Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota J.R. Wagner, 2004 [J. Wiemann et al., 2020]
           Clade neomura T. Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021)
                 Clade natates T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021)
                   Clade photaria T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021)
                     Clade eucorta T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021)
                       Superkingdom Corticata (Lankester, 1878) T. Cavalier-Smith, in T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2015 - corticates
                         Kingdom Chromista T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981, nom. descript. - chromists
                           Subkingdom Harosa T. Cavalier-Smith, 2010
                             Clade Sar S.M. Adl et al., 2012 [A.G.B. Simpson & M. Dunthorn, 2020]
                               Infrakingdom Halvaria T. Cavalier-Smith, 2010
                                 Superphylum Alveolata (T. Cavalier-Smith, 1991) T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013
                                   Phylum Miozoa (T. Cavalier-Smith, 1987) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1999
                                     Subphylum Myzozoa (T. Cavalier-Smith & E.E. Chao, 2004) T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013
                                       Infraphylum Dinozoa (T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981) T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013
                                         Superclass Dinoflagellata (Bütschli, 1885) T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013
                                           Class Syndinea (Chatton, 1920) Loeblich, 1976, orth. zool.
                                             Order Syndinialesᵀ A.R. Loeblich III, 1976, nom. bot.
                                               Family Syndiniaceaeᵀ Chatton, 1920
                                                 Genus Merodinium Chatton, 1923
                                                   Merodinium brandtii