Clade Chromalveolata
Parent taxon: Eukaryota according to S. M. Adl et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Acritarcha, Allonema, Archaeplastida, Birrindudutuba, Changchengia, Chlorobiota, Chromista, Conglobocella, Dictyosphaera, Dinophyta, Euglenophyta, Filinexum, Gigantosphaeridium, Glossophyton, Kamolineata, Limbunyasphaera, Palaeosiphonella, Plantae, Protista, Protozoa, Prymnesiophyta, Rhizopodea, Sarcomastigophora, Satka, Siphonoseptum, Spiromorpha, Stramenopila, Tappania, Tuanshanzia, Valeria
Subtaxa: Alveolata Cryptophycae Haptophyta