Class Dinophyceae Pascher (1914)
   Order Suessiales Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993) see Order Dinococcales Pascher (1914)
     Family Suessiaceae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
       Genus Polarella Montresor, Procaccini & Stoecker (1999)
         Polarella glacialis M. Montresor, G. Procaccini & D.K. Stoecker