Overview
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A Suborder in the Kingdom Protozoa.
Taxonomy
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The Suborder Peridiniineae is a member of the Order Peridiniales. Here is the complete "parentage" of Peridiniineae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum: Myzozoa
Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004
- Subphylum: Dinozoa
- Infraphylum: Dinoflagellata
- Class: Dinophyceae
(Bütschli, 1885) Pascher, 1914
- Subclass: Peridiniphycidae
Fensome Et Al., 1993b
- Order: Peridiniales
Haeckel, 1894b
- Suborder: Peridiniineae (Haeckel, 1894b)
- Order: Peridiniales
Haeckel, 1894b
- Subclass: Peridiniphycidae
Fensome Et Al., 1993b
- Class: Dinophyceae
(Bütschli, 1885) Pascher, 1914
- Infraphylum: Dinoflagellata
- Subphylum: Dinozoa
- Phylum: Myzozoa
Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004
- Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
The Suborder Peridiniineae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (2): Peridiniaceae · Podolampaceae
Families
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Peridiniaceae
Podolampaceae
At least 267 species and subspecies belong to the Family Podolampaceae.
More info about the Family Podolampaceae may be found here.
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