Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Cabozoa | |
| kingdom | Excavata Cavalier-Smith, 2002 |
| superphylum | Discicristata Cavalier-Smith, 1993 |
| phylum | Euglenozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1981 |
| subphylum | Plicostoma Patterson, 1988 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 |
| class | Euglenoidea Bütschli, 1884 - euglenoids |
| order | Rhabdomonadida Leedale, 1967 |
| family | Rhabdomonadaceae |
| genus | Menoidium Perty, 1852 |
| species | Menoidium pellucidum Perty,1856 |