De orde Sphaeropleales Luerssen kent 22 families en 1 geslacht incertae sedis.
De families:
| Ankistrodesmaceae Korshikov | Hydrodictyaceae Dumortier |
Schizochlamydaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis |
| Bracteacoccaceae Tsarenko | Microsporaceae Bohlin | Schroederiaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis |
| Bracteamorphaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis | Mychonastaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis | Selenastraceae Blackman & Tansley |
| Characiaceae (Nägeli) Wittrock | Neochloridaceae Ettl & Komárek |
Sphaeropleaceae Kützing |
| Chromochloridaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis | Pseudomuriellaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis | Treubariaceae (Korshikov) Fott |
| Cylindrocapsaceae Wille | Radiococcaceae Fott ex P.C.Silva | Tumidellaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis |
| Dictyochloridaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis | Rotundellaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis | |
| Dictyococcaceae Fuciková, P.O.Lewis & L.A.Lewis | Scenedesmaceae Oltmanns |
Het geslacht incertae sedis:
| Polyedriopsis Schmidle |
