Dinoflagellata

E818551
phylum protist taxon

Dinoflagellata is a diverse phylum of mostly marine, often bioluminescent, single-celled protists that play key roles as plankton in aquatic ecosystems and can cause harmful algal blooms.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dinophyceae 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf phylum ⓘ
protist taxon ⓘ
bioluminescence light production via luciferin-luciferase system in some species ⓘ
canCause harmful algal blooms ⓘ
red tides ⓘ
canProduce ciguatoxins ⓘ
neurotoxins ⓘ
paralytic shellfish toxins ⓘ
cellCovering theca composed of cellulose plates in many species ⓘ
cellType eukaryotic ⓘ
cellularity unicellular ⓘ
domain Eukarya ⓘ
surface form: Eukaryota
ecologicalImpact can cause fish kills during blooms ⓘ
can contaminate shellfish with toxins ⓘ
contribute to coral reef productivity ⓘ
flagellaArrangement one longitudinal flagellum ⓘ
one transverse flagellum in a groove ⓘ
fossilRecord have fossil cysts used in paleoenvironmental studies ⓘ
genomeFeature lack of typical histones in many species ⓘ
large nuclear genomes ⓘ
permanently condensed chromosomes ⓘ
hasCharacteristic heterotrophic in some species ⓘ
mixotrophic in some species ⓘ
mostly marine ⓘ
often bioluminescent ⓘ
photosynthetic in many species ⓘ
planktonic ⓘ
single-celled ⓘ
includesSymbiontsOf reef-building corals ⓘ
kingdom Protista ⓘ
motility typically motile with two flagella ⓘ
notableGenus Alexandrium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ceratium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gymnodinium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noctiluca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Symbiodinium NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableOrder Dinophysiales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gonyaulacales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peridiniales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prorocentrales NERFINISHED ⓘ
photosyntheticPigments chlorophyll a ⓘ
chlorophyll c ⓘ
peridinin in many species ⓘ
reproduction asexual reproduction by binary fission ⓘ
sexual reproduction with resting cysts in many species ⓘ
roleInEcosystem important component of phytoplankton ⓘ
primary producers in aquatic food webs ⓘ
symbionts of marine invertebrates ⓘ
supergroup Alveolata NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalHabitat freshwater environments ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pyrodinium bahamense → phylum → Dinoflagellata ⓘ
Pyrodinium bahamense → class → Dinoflagellata ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinophyceae