dinoflagellate
Noun
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Chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella;
A chief constituent of plankton (synset 101420002)is a type of: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animalssubtypes:- noctiluca, noctiluca miliaris - large bioluminescent marine protozoan
- peridinian - flagellate with a thick test composed of plates
belongs to: cilioflagellata, dinoflagellata, order cilioflagellata, order dinoflagellata - in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta
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