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Dinophysis
Sign in to saveDinophysis is a genus of dinoflagellates common in tropical, temperate, coastal and oceanic waters. It was first described in 1839 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.
Species
ディノフィシス属
GENUS
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumMyzozoa
- ClassDinophyceae
- OrderDinophysiales
- FamilyDinophysaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Dinophysaceae
- Collections
- US, CCBA-FMVZ-UADY, UAMI, ICML-UNAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Belize
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Background
- Habitat and ecology
- Description of the organism
- Morphology
- Plastids and kleptoplastids
- Life cycle
- Pseudogenes
- Phylogenetics
- Practical importance
- Species
- References
- Further reading
Dinophysis is a genus of dinoflagellates common in tropical, temperate, coastal and oceanic waters. It was first described in 1839 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.
Dinophysis are typically medium-sized cells (30-120 μm). The structural plan and plate tabulation are conserved within the genus. Dinophysis thecae are divided into halves by a sagittal fission suture. There are five types of thecae ornamentation in this genus, and those are a useful character for species identification. Dinophysis mainly divide by binary fission.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dinophysis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.