Dinokaryota
Superclass of single-celled organisms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dinokaryota is a main grouping of dinoflagellates. They include all species where the nucleus remains a dinokaryon throughout the entire cell cycle, which is typically dominated by the haploid stage. All the "typical" dinoflagellates, such as Peridinium and Gymnodinium, belong here. Others are more unusual, including some that are colonial, amoeboid, or parasitic. Symbiodinium contains the symbiotic zooxanthellae.
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"Peridinea" from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904 | |
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Superclass: | Dinokaryota Cavalier-Smith, 1993[1] |
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The non-photosynthetic members are believed to derive from photosynthetic ancestors.[2]