WoRMS taxon details

Dinoflagellata

146203  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146203)

accepted
Infraphylum

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  1. Class Acavomonea
  2. Class Colpovorophyceae
  3. Class Dinophyceae
  4. Class Noctilucea
  5. Class Peridinea
  6. Order Chytridiodinida
  7. Class Dinoflagellata incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Dinoflagellata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146203 on 2024-10-10
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basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]   

additional source Kofoid, C.A.; Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. <em>Memoirs of the University of California.</em> 5: i-viii, 1-562., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20306447 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
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Diet Dinoflagellates exhibit wide variation in feeding habits. Approximately half of the living species are photosynthetic, but most of these also are heterotrophic to some extent, and some dinoflagellates with functional chloroplasts can switch entirely to heterotrophy in the absence of sufficient light. [details]
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English dinoflagellates  [details]
German PanzergeißlerDinoflagellaten  [details]