Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Mesostigmatophyta - (Class) Mesostigmatophyceae - (Order) Mesostigmatales - (Family) Mesostigmataceae

Subsequent positions

Chloroplastida ([unranked]) S.M. Adl et al., 2005

Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 422. [assumed]

Current position

Mesostigmataceae (Family) Fott ex Moestrup & Throndsen

Ref: Ø. Moestrup, 2000: 1259.

Alternative positions

Chloroplastida ([unranked]) S.M. Adl et al., 2005	Ref: R.M. McCourt, 2005: 422. [emended diagnosis]
Flagellatae (Division)	Ref: A. Pascher, 1913: [182].
green plants ([unranked])	Ref: C.F. Delwiche et al., 2004: fig. 9.2a.
Polyblepharidaceae (Family) P.A. Dangeard	Ref: H. Nozaki, 2003: 228.
Pyramimonadaceae (Family) Korshikov	Ref: R.E. Norris, 1982: 163.

Historical positions

Mesostigmatophyceae (Class) B.Marin & M. Melkonian (1999)	Ref: F. Leliaert et al., 2012: 20, 21, fig. 3. [rough position]
Chloroplastida ([unranked]) S.M. Adl et al., 2005	Ref: R.M. McCourt, 2005: 422. [emended diagnosis]
viridophytes ([unranked])	Ref: C.F. Delwiche et al., 2004: 129, 131, fig. 9.2a. [implicit]
green plants ([unranked])	Ref: J. Cracraft & M.J. Donoghue, 2004: 129, 131, fig. 9.2a.
Polyblepharidaceae (Family) P.A. Dangeard	Ref: H. Nozaki, 2003: 228.
Mesostigmataceae (Family) Fott ex Moestrup & Throndsen	Ref: Ø. Moestrup, 2000: 1259.
Chlorophytina (Subphylum) T. Cavalier-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 6 (p. 250). [rough position]
Mesostigmataceae (Family) Fott ex Moestrup & Throndsen	Ref: M. Melkonian, 1990: 600.
Pyramimonadaceae (Family) Korshikov	Ref: R.E. Norris, 1982: 163.
Flagellatae (Division)	Ref: A. Pascher, 1913: [182]; 6.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	2s
2003	H. Nozaki: 228	2s
2000	Ø. Moestrup	2s