Synonym: Chlorophytopsida [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Chlorophyta according to Kundal 2010
See also Kenrick and Crane 1997, Kiessling 2003, Licari 1978 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Amgaella, Bryopsidophyceae, Calathella, Caulerpites, Charophyceae, Chuariophyceae, Dasycladophyceae, Doushantuophyton, Fuxianospira, Indopolia, Laenigma, Lanceoforma, Megaspirella, Microfasta, Monostysisyrinaceae, Palaeomastigocladus, Parallelphyton, Physophycus, Proterotainia, Pseudopalaeoporella, Retephycus, Schizosporis, Sgrossoella, Sinocylindra, Sinophyllum, Sphaeroporella, Spheroporella, Tetrasporaceae, Thaumatoporellales, Timanella, Ulvophyceae, Walcottophycus, Yakutina
Subtaxa: Anatoliporaceae Chaetophorales Chlorococcales Chlorotylites Chuvashovia Dascladales Dasycladales Euglena Hungarodiscus Hydrodictyaceae Larvaria Noremia Paleosiphonocladales Pediastrites Pediastrum Pleurozonaria Receptaculitidae Scenedesmaceae Tetrasporales Ulothrix Volvocales
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"