†kingdom Chromista Cavalier-Smith 1981
Parent taxon: Eukaryota according to M. A. Ruggiero et al. 2015
See also Blackwell 2004 and Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Acritarcha, Allonema, Archaeplastida, Chlorobiota, Chromalveolata, Conglobocella, Dinophyta, Euglenophyta, Melanocyrillium, Opisthokonta, Palaeosiphonella, Plantae, Protista, Protozoa, Prymnesiophyta, Rhizaria, Rhizopodea, Stramenopila