Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Fungi Whittaker - fungi |
| divisio | Chytridiomycota - chytrids |
| class | Chytridiomycetes |
| order | Chytridiales Cohn |
| family | Endochytriaceae |
| genus | Diplophlyctis J. Schröt. |
| species | Diplophlyctis sexualis Haskins |