Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| kingdom | Chromalveolata Adl et al., 2005 |
| superphylum | Alveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1991 - alveolate |
| phylum | Dinozoa |
| infraphylum | Dinoflagellata Bütschli 1885 |
| class | Dinophyceae (Bütschli, 1885) Pascher, 1914 |
| subclass | Gymnodiniophycidae Fensome et al.,1993 |
| order | Gymnodiniales Apstein, 1909 |
| family | Gymnodiniaceae Lankester,1885 |
| genus | Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy,1921 |