Dinoflagellata

See also: dinoflagellata

Translingual

Ceratium furca one of the Dinoflagellata

Etymology

From dino- (“whirling, rotation”) +‎ Latin flagellum +‎ -ata (“having”).

Proper noun

Dinoflagellata

1. Many single-cell eukaryotes, with two dissimilar flagella and nuclei unlike those of other eukaryotes, lacking histones and nucleosomes
   1. A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Miozoa.
   2. A taxonomic parvphylum within the phylum Miozoa.

Synonyms

• (phylum): Pyrrophyta, Pyrrhophyta, Dinophyta - divisions; Dinophycidae; Dinophyceae - class

Hypernyms

• (superclass and parvphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom; Alveolata – superphylum; Miozoa – phylum; Myxozoa - subphylum; Dinozoa - infraphylum

Hyponyms

• (superclass): Dinophyceae, Ellobiopsea, Noctilucophyceae, Oxyrrhidophyceae, Syndiniophyceae - classes
• (parvphylum): Eodina, Syndina, Dinokaryota - superclasses

References

• Dinoflagellate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dinoflagellata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dinoflagellata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dinoflagellata at World Register of Marine Species
• Dinoflagellata placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
• Dinophyceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Dinoflagellates at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Dinoflagellata placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
• 2018, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla", Protoplasma, 255:297-357, DOI 10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3