Hibberd (1976)

Hibberd, D.J. (1976). The ultrastructure and taxonomy of the Chrysophyceae and Prymnesiophyceae (Haptophyceae): a survey with some new observations on the ultrastructure of the Chrysophyceae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 72: 55–80.

"Algae"

• Chromophyta sensu stricto
  • Chrysophyceae sensu stricto [excluding the Isochrysophycidae and Craspedomonadophycidae]
  • Xanthophyceae
  • Bacillariophyceae
  • Phaeophyceae
• Prymnesiophyta
  • Prymnesiophyceae

Green et al., in Margulis et al. (1990)

Green, J.C., Perch-Nielsen, K. & Westbroek, P., 1990. 17. Phylum Prymnesiophyta. In: Margulis, L., J.O. Corliss, M. Melkonian, D.J. Chapman (ed.). Handbook of Protoctista. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, p. 293-317. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), .

Kingdom Protoctista (Hogg, 1861) Margulis & Schwartz, 1988

• Section III: Phyla with flagellated stages, but without complex sexual cycles
  • Phylum 17. Prymnesiophyta
    • Class Prymnesiophyceae

Doweld (2001)

• Subregnum Prymnesiobiotina Doweld 2001
  • Phylum Prymnesiophyta Doweld 2001
    • Class Pavlovophyceae J.C. Green & L.K. Medlin 2000
    • Class Prymnesiophyceae Hibberd 1976