Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| phylum | Choanozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1981 emend. 1983 |
| class | Choanoflagellata Kent, 1880 - choanoflagellates |
| order | Choanoflagellida W.S. Kent, 1880 - choanoflagellates |
| family | Salpingoecidae W.S. Kent, 1880-1882 |
| genus | Salpingoeca James-Clark, 1868 |
| species | Salpingoeca pelagica Laval, 1971 |