Primary references

• Haeckel, E. 1868. Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte. Gemeinverständliche wissenschaftliche Vorträge über die Entwikelungslehre im Allgemeinen und dijenige von Darwin, Goethe und Lamarck im Besonderen, über die Anwendung dersellben uf den Ursprung des Menschen und andere damit zusammenhängende Grundfragen der Naturwissenschaft. Berlin: Georg Reimer. xvi, 568 S. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bennett, R.M.; Honda, D.; Beakes, G.W.; Thines, M. (2017). Labyrinthulomycota. In: Archibald, J.M., Simpson, A.G.B., Slamovits, C. (Eds.). Handbook of the Protists. Springer, pp. 1-36. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32669-6_25-1
• Labyrinthulomycetes in the World Register of Marine Species

Cienkowski (1867)

Cienkowski, L. (1867). Ueber den Bau und die Entwicklung der Labyrinthuleen. Arch. mikr. Anat., 3:274,

• Labyrinthuleae
  • Labyrinthula

Haeckel (1868a)

Haeckel, E. 1868. Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte. 1st ed. Reimer, Berlin, . See Dayrat (2003), .

• "Polyphyletisher Stammbaum der Organismen" [p. 347]
  • Plantae
  • “Protista” [polyphyletic]
    • Labyrinthuleae
    • Myxomycetes
    • Diatomeae
    • Monera Neutra
    • Protoplasta
    • Rhizopoda
    • Flagellata
  • Animalia

• "Einstämmiger oder Monophyletisher Stammbaum der Organismen" [plate I, ]
  • Pflanzenreich, Plantae
    • Florideae
    • Fucoideae
    • Chloralgae + Muscinae + Filicinae + Gymnospermae + Angiospermae
    • Lichenes
    • Fungi
  • Protistenreich, Protista
    • Diatomea
    • Labyrinthulae
    • Myxomycetes
    • Monera neutra + Rhizopoda
    • Noctilucae
    • Flagellata
    • Protoplasta
  • Thierreich, Animalia
    • Coelenterata
    • Scolecida
    • Vermes (Scolecida + Colelminthes + Himatega) +Arthropoda + Vertebrata + Mollusca

Haeckel (1868b)

Haeckel, E. 1868. Monographie der Moneren. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft 4: 64–144, . See p. 122, 129-134.

Translation: Monograph of Monera. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 1869, IX: 27-42, 113-134, 219-232, 327-342.

• Protista
  • Labyrinthulea (= Labyrinthulae) [p. 122]

Lankester (1877)

Lankester, E. R. 1877. Notes on the embryology and classification of the animal kingdom: Comprising a revision of speculations relative to the origin and significance of germ layers. Quartely Journal of Microscopical Science, 68:399-454, .

• Animalia
  • Plastidozoa
    • Protozoa
      • Gymnomyxa
        • Labyrinthulida (Labyrinthula, Chlamydomyxa) [p. 442]
  • Enterozoa

Haeckel (1878)

Haeckel, E., 1878. Das Protistenreich. Eine Populäre Uebersicht über das Formengebiet der Niedersten Lebewesen. Ernst Günther's Verlag, Leipzig, 104 pp, .

• Protista
  • Labyrinthuleae [p. 94]
    • Labyrinthula vitellina
    • Labyrinthula macrocystis

Lankester (1885, 1891)

Lankester, E. R. (1885). Article "Protozoa". In: Encyclopaedia Britannica (9th ed.), 19: 830–866, .

Lankester, E. R. (1891). Article "Protozoa". In: Zoological Articles Contributed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, .

• Protozoa
  • Labyrinthulidea

Zopf (1892)

Zur Kenntniss der Labyrinthuleen, einer Familie der Mycetozoa. In: Beiträge zur Physiologie und Morphologie niederer Organismen. Heft 2 (1892), p. 36, Leipzig, .

• Mycetozoen
  • Ordnung Sorophoren
    • Unterordnung II: Labyrinthuleae Zopf
      • Familie 1: Labyrinthuleen (Cienk.) Zopf

Delage & Hérouard (1896)

Traité de zoologie concrète, t. 1, p. 79, .

• Protozoa
  • Rhizopodia
    • Mycetozoariae
      • Filoplasmodida vel Labyrinthulida

Doflein (1901)

Die Protozoen als Parasiten und Krankheitserreger, 1st ed, .

• Protozoa
  • Labyrinthulidae

Lister in Lankester (1909)

Lister, J. J. (1909). Appendix A (Chlamydomyxa & Labyrinthula). In: Lankester, E. R. A treatise on zoology, vol. 1 (1909), .

• Protozoa incertae sedis
  • Labyrinthula

Copeland (1956)

The classification of lower organisms, .

• Kingdom Protoctista
  • Phylum Protoplasta
    • Family Labyrinthulida [Labyrinthulidae] Haeckel ex Doflein Protozoen 47 (1901)

Chadefaud & Emberger (1960)

Chadefaud, M. & Emberger, L. (éds.). Traité de botanique systématique. Masson et Cie., Paris.

• Tome I. Les végétaux non vasculaires (Cryptogamie), par M. Chadefaud, 1960, 1 vol. de 1016 pages,
• Tome II. Les végétaux vasculaires, par L. Emberger, 1960, deux fascicules, 1540 pages, ,

• Monde vivant
  • Protocaryotes (= Schizophytes)
  • Eucaryotes
    • Algues Eucaryotes (= Phycophytes)
      • Chromophycophytes (= Chromophycées, ou Algues brunes et leurs alliées)
        • Chrysophycées (lato sensu)
          • Chrysophycinées (= Chrysophycées str. sensu, algues brun doré, ou algues brunes)
          • Xanthophycinées (= Xanthophycées, Hétérokontes, ou algues vert jaune)
            • Protozoaires chryso- et xanthoflagellés (incl. Labyrinthulides [= Filoplasmodidés]: Labyrinthorhiza et Labyrinthula)
          • Silicophycinées (= Silicomonadines, ou Silicoflagellés)
          • Craspédophycinées (= Craspédomonadines, ou Choanoflagellés)
          • Bacillariophycinées (= Diatomées)
        • Phéophycées

Levine & Corliss (1963)

Levine, N. D. & J. O. Corliss (1963). Two new subclasses of sarcodines, Labyrinthulia subcl. nov. and Proteomyxidia subcl. nov. (Abstr.). J. Protozool., 10 (Suppl.), 27.

Class Sarcodina

• Subclass Labyrinthulia

Honigberg et al. (1964)

A revised classification of the phylum Protozoa, .

• Phylum Protozoa
  • Subphylum Sarcomastigophora
    • Superclass Sarcodina
      • Class Rhizopodea
        • Subclass Labyrinthulia
          • Order Labyrinthulida

Olive (1975)

Olive, L. (1975). The mycetozoans. Academic Press, New York, .

• Kingdom Protista
  • Phylum Gymnomyxa
    • Subphylum Mycetozoa
    • Subphylum Plasmodiophorina
    • Subphylum Labyrinthulina
      • Class Labyrinthulea
        • Family Labyrinthulidae Haeckel (1868)
        • Family Thraustochytriidae Sparrow (1943, 1960)

Page in Levine et al. (1980)

A newly revised classification of the Protozoa, .

• Subkingdom Protozoa
  • Phylum Labyrinthomorpha
    • Class Labyrinthulea
      • Order Labyrinthulida (e.g., Labyrinthula, Thraustochytrium)

Corliss (1984)

The kingdom Protista and its 45 phyla, .

• Kingdom Protista
  • Assemblage "Labyrinthomorphs"
    • Phylum Labyrinthulea Cienkowski, 1867
    • Phylum Thraustochytriacea Sparrow, 1943

Cavalier-Smith (1986)

Cavalier-Smith, T. (1986). The kingdom Chromista, origin and systematics. In: Round, F.E. and Chapman, D.J. (eds.). Progress in Phycological Research. 4: 309–347, .

Kingdom Chromista

• Subkingdom Cryptophyta
  • Phylum Cryptophyta
• Subkingdom Chromophyta
  • Phylum Heterokonta
    • Subphylum Ochrista
    • Subphylum Pseudofungi (= Heterkontimycotina)
      • Superclass Pythiista
        • Class Oomycetes
        • Class Hyphochytrea
      • Superclass Labyrinthista
        • Class Labyrinthulea L.S. Olive ex Caval.-Sm., (1986)
          • Order Thraustochytriales
          • Order Labyrinthulales
  • Phylum Haptophyta

Cavalier-Smith (1989)

Cavalier-Smith. T. (1989). The Kingdom Chromista. In: J.C. Green et al. (eds). The Chromophyte Algae: problems and Perspectives, pp. 381-407, .

• Kingdom Chromista
  • Subkingdom Cryptista
  • Subkingdom Chromophyta
    • Phylum Heterokonta
      • Subphylum Ochrista
      • Subphylum Bicoecia
      • Subphylum Pseudofungi ("Not now a synonym for Heterokontimycotina Dick 1976.")
        • Class Pythiistea
      • Subphylum Labyrinthista Cavalier-Smith 1986. stat. nov.
        • Class Labyrinthulea
          • Subclass 1. Thraustochytridae Cavalier-Smith, 1989
          • Subclass 2. Labyrinthulidae Cavalier-Smith, 1989
    • Phylum Haptomonada

Porter in Margulis et al. (1990)

Porter, D., 1990. 22. Phylum Labyrinthulomycota. In: Margulis, L., J.O. Corliss, M. Melkonian, D.J. Chapman (ed.). Handbook of Protoctista. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, p. 388-398. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), .

Kingdom Protoctista

• Section III: Phyla with flagellated stages, but without complex sexual cycles
  • Phylum 22. Labyrinthulomycota
    • Class Labyrinthulida
    • Class Thraustochytrida

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla, .

• Kingdom Chromista Cavalier-Smith, 1981 emend.
  • Subkingdom 2. Euchromista
    • Infrakingdom 2. Chromobiota orthogr. emend. pro. Chromophyta Cavalier-Smith, 1986
      • Phylum Heterokonta
        • Subphylum Labyrinthista Cavalier-Smith, 1986 stat. nov. 1989
          • Class Labyrinthulea Olive ex Cavalier-Smith, 1989
            • Subclass 1. Thraustochytridae Cavalier-Smith, 1989
            • Subclass 2. Labyrinthulidae Cavalier-Smith, 1989

Corliss (1994)

An Interim Utilitarian ("User-friendly") Hierarchical Classification and Characterization of the Protists.

Empire Eukaryota

• Kingdom Chromista
  • Phylum 2. Labyrinthomorpha Page in Levine (et al.), 1980
    • Class (1) Labyrinthulea Cienkowski, 1867
    • Class (2) Thraustochytriacea Sparrow, 1943

Cavalier-Smith (1998)

A revised six-kingdom system of life

• Phylum Sagenista
  • Subphylum Labyrinthista Cavalier-Smith 1986 stat. nov. 1989

David J. Patterson (1999)

The Diversity of Eukaryotes

• Stramenopiles
  • Clade Slabyrinthulids
    • Genus Diplophrys
    • Clade Labyrinthulids
    • Clade Thraustochytrids

Webster (2007)

Introduction to Fungi, 3rd ed.

• Straminipila
  • Hyphochytriomycota
  • Labyrinthulomycota (= Labyrinthomorpha, Labyrinthista and Labyrinthulea) (slime nets)
    • Labyrinthulomycetes (= Labyrinthulales)
    • Thraustochytriomycetes (= Thraustochytriales)
  • Oomycota (= Peronosporomycetes)

Anderson & Cavalier-Smith (2012)

Anderson, O. R., & Cavalier-Smith, T. (2012). Ultrastructure of Diplophrys parva, a new small freshwater species, and a revised analysis of Labyrinthulea (Heterokonta). Acta Protozoologica, 51(4), 291-304, .

• Heterokonta
  • Phylum Bigyra
  • Subphylum Sagenista
    • Class Labyrinthulea (Lister 1891) Olive ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
      • Order 1. Thraustochytrida Sparrow 1973
        • Family 1. Thraustochytriidae Sparrow ex Cejp 1959 (Thraustochytrium, Ulkenia, Schizochytrium, Japonochytrium, Aurantiochytrium, Sicyoidochytrium, Parietichytrium, Botryochytrium)
        • Family 2. Oblongichytriidae Cavalier-Smith fam. n. (Oblongichytrium)
        • Family 3. Althorniidae Cavalier-Smith fam. n. (Althornia)
        • Family 4. Diplophryidae Cavalier-Smith fam. n. (Diplophrys)
      • Superfamily Amphifiloidea Cavalier-Smith superfam. n.
        • Family 1. Amphifilidae Cavalier-Smith fam. n. (Amphifila)
        • Family 2. Sorodiplophryidae Cavalier-Smith fam. n. (Sorodiplophrys)
      • Order 2. Labyrinthulida Dofl ein 1901
        • Family 1. Labyrinthulidae Cienkowski 1867 (Labyrinthula)
        • Family 2. Aplanochytriidae Leander ex Cavalier-Smith fam. n. (Aplanochytrium)

Gomaa et al. (2013)

Gomaa, F., Mitchell, E. A., & Lara, E. (2013). Amphitremida (Poche, 1913) is a new major, ubiquitous labyrinthulomycete clade. PloS one, 8(1), e53046, .

Stramenopiles

• Labyrinthulomycetes/Labyrinthulea
  • Labyrinthulida
    • Labyrinthulidae
    • Aplanochytriidae
  • Thraustochytrida
    • Oblongichytriidae
    • Thraustochytriidae
  • Amphifilidae
  • Amphitremida (Archerella, Amphitrema)

Beakes et al. (2014)

Beakes, G. W., Honda, D. & Thines, M. (2014). Systematics of the Straminipila: Labyrinthulomycota, Hyphochytriomycota and Oomycota. In: McLaughlin, D. J. & Spatafora, J. W. (eds). The Mycota. Vol. VII. Part A. Systematics and Evolution. 2nd ed. Springer Verlag, Berlin, p. 39-97, .

• Kingdom Straminipila {Heterokonta}
  • {Phylum Bigyra}
    • {Subphylum Sagenista}
      • Class Labyrinthulomycota {Labyrinthulea}
        • Order Thraustochytridiales {Thraustochytrida}
          • Family Thraustochytridiaceae {Thraustochytriidae}
          • Family Oblongichytridiaceae {Oblongichytriidae}
          • Family Althornidiaceae {Althorniidae}
          • Family Diplophryidaceae {Diplophryidae}
        • {Superfamily Amphifiloidea}
          • Family Amphifilaceae {Amphifilidae}
          • {Family Sorodiplophryidae}
        • Order Labyrinthulidales {Labyrinthulida}
          • Family Labyrinthulaceae {Labyrinthulidae}
          • Family Aplanochytridiaceae {Aplanochytriidae}

[Note: names in { } are protistan nomenclatural equivalents used by Anderson & Cavalier-Smtih (2012).]

Bennett et al. (2017)

Bennett, R. M., Honda, D., Beakes, G. W. & Thines M. (2017). Labyrinthulomycota. In: Archibald, J. M., Simpson A. G. B., Slamovits, C. H. (eds) Handbook of the Protists Springer International Publishing, p. 507 - 542, .

• Labyrinthulomycota/Labyrinthomorpha
  • Labyrinthulomycetes/Labyrinthulea
    • Labyrinthulales/Labyrinthulida
      • Aplanochytriaceae/Aplanochytriidae (Aplanochytrium) (including Labyrinthuloides)
      • “Stellarchytriaceae/Stellarchytriidae” (Stellarchytrium)
      • Labyrinthulaceae/Labyrinthulidae (Labyrinthula)
    • Oblongichytridiales/Oblongichytriida
      • Oblongichytridiaceae/Oblongichytriidae (Oblongichytrium)
    • Thraustochytriales/Thraustochytrida
      • Althornidiaceae/Althorniidae (Althornia)
      • Thraustochytriacae/Thraustochytriidae (Aurantiochytrium, Botryochytrium, Japanochytrium, Monorhizochytrium, Parietichytrium, Schizochytrium, Sicyoidochytrium, Thraustochytrium, Ulkenia)
    • Amphitremida
      • Amphitremidae (Amphitrema, Archerella, Paramphitrema)
      • Diplophrydaceae/Diplophryidae (Diplophrys)
    • Amphifilida
      • Amphifilaceae/Amphifilidae (Amphifila)
    • Sorodiplophryidae (Fibrophrys, Sorodiplophrys)

note: names with " " are provisional and requires deep phylogenetic study.