Dinophyceae is a class of
dinoflagellate
The Dinoflagellates (), also called Dinophytes, are a monophyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes constituting the phylum Dinoflagellata and are usually considered protists. Dinoflagellates are mostly marine plankton, but they are also commo ...
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Taxonomy
* Class Dinophyceae
Pascher 1914 Ehrenberg 1830 stat. nov. Wettstein; Blastodiniphyceae Fensome et al. 1993 orthog. emend.">eridinea Ehrenberg 1830 stat. nov. Wettstein; Blastodiniphyceae Fensome et al. 1993 orthog. emend.** Order
Haplozoonales aplozooidea Poche 1913*** Family
Haplozoonaceae Chatton 1920
** Order
Akashiwales
*** Family
Akashiwaceae
** Order
Blastodiniales Chatton 1906 Chatton 1906">lastodinida Chatton 1906*** Family
Blastodiniaceae Cavers 1913
** Order
Apodiniales
*** Family
Apodiniaceae Chatton 1920
** Order
Dinotrichales Pascher 1914
*** Family
Crypthecodiniaceae Biecheler 1938 ex Chatton 1952
*** Family
Dinotrichaceae Pascher 1914
** Order
Phytodiniales T. Christ. 1962 ex Loeblich 1970 Pascher 1914; Suessiales Fensome & al. 1993; Dinamoebales">inococcales Pascher 1914; Suessiales Fensome & al. 1993; Dinamoebales
*** Family †
Suessiaceae Fensome et al. 1993
*** Family
Phytodiniaceae Klebs 1912 Fott 1960; Hemidiniaceae Bourrelly 1970; Borghiellaceae Moestrup, Lindberg & Daugbjerg 2009">inococcaceae Fott 1960; Hemidiniaceae Bourrelly 1970; Borghiellaceae Moestrup, Lindberg & Daugbjerg 2009*** Family
Symbiodiniaceae
Symbiodiniaceae is a family of marine dinoflagellates notable for their symbiotic associations with reef-building corals, sea anemones, jellyfish, marine sponges, giant clam
''Tridacna gigas'', the giant clam, is the best-known species of ...
Fensome & al. 1993 ooxanthellaceae** Order
Brachidiniales Loeblich III 1982 ex Sournia 1984
*** Family
Brachidiniaceae Sournia 1972 Bergholtz & al. 2006">areniaceae Bergholtz & al. 2006
** Order
Ptychodiscales Fensome & al. 1993
*** Family
Ptychodiscaceae Lemmermann 1899
** Order
Amphilothales Lindemann 1928
*** Family
Amphitholaceae Poche 1913 mphilothaceae
** Order
Actiniscales (Sournia 1984) Fensome et al. 1993b">ctiniscineae (Sournia 1984) Fensome et al. 1993b*** Family
Actiniscaceae Kützing 1844 Lindemann 1928">ymnasteraceae Lindemann 1928*** Family
Dicroerismaceae Fensome & al. 1993
** Order
Gymnodiniales
The Gymnodiniales are an order (biology), order of dinoflagellates, of the class (biology), class Dinophyceae. Members of the order are known as gymnodinioid or gymnodinoid (terms that can also refer to any organism of similar morphology). They a ...
Lemmermann 1910
*** ''
Cochlodinium'' group
*** ''
Gyrodinium dorsum'' group
*** ''
Gyrodinium'' group
*** ''
Togula'' group
*** Family
Chytriodiniaceae Cachon & Cachon-Enjumet 1968
*** Family
Gymnodiniaceae (Bergh 1881a) Lankester 1885 Kofoid & Olive Swezy">Swezy 1921">Olive_Swezy.html" ;"title="olykrikaceae
Kofoid & Olive Swezy">Swezy 1921*** Family Warnowiaceae
Lindemann 1928
** Order Prorocentrales
Lemmermann 1910
*** Family Haplodiniaceae
Lindemann 1928
*** Family Prorocentraceae
Stein 1883
** Order †
Nannoceratopsiales Piel & Evitt 1980
*** Family †
Nannoceratopsiaceae Gocht 1970
** Order
Dinophysiales
Dinophyceae is a class of dinoflagellates.
Taxonomy
* Class Dinophyceae Pascher 1914 eridinea Ehrenberg 1830 stat. nov. Wettstein; Blastodiniphyceae Fensome et al. 1993 orthog. emend.** Order Haplozoonales aplozooidea Poche 1913*** Family Ha ...
Lindemann 1928
*** Family
Amphisoleniaceae Lindemann 1928
*** Family
Dinophysaceae Stein 1883 Charles Atwood Kofoid">Kofoid & Skogsberg 1928; Ornithocercaceae
Kofoid & Skogsberg 1928">Charles_Atwood_Kofoid.html" ;"title="itharistaceae
Charles Atwood Kofoid">Kofoid & Skogsberg 1928; Ornithocercaceae
Kofoid & Skogsberg 1928*** Family Oxyphysaceae
Sournia 1984
** Order Gonyaulacales
Taylor 1980 [Pyrocystales
Apstein 1909]
*** Family †Lotharingiaceae
*** Family †Mancodiniaceae
*** Family †
Pareodiniaceae
*** Family †
Scriniocassiaceae
*** ''
Amylax'' group
*** Family
Ceratiaceae Kofoid 1907
*** Family
Goniodomataceae Lindemann 1928 Lindemann 1928, Triadiniaceae Dodge 1981; Yeseviidae Özdikmen 2009, Centrodiniaceae Hernández-Becerril et al. 2010">streopsidaceae Lindemann 1928, Triadiniaceae Dodge 1981; Yeseviidae Özdikmen 2009, Centrodiniaceae Hernández-Becerril et al. 2010*** Family
Gonyaulacaceae Lindemann 192
*** Family
Protoceratidaceae Lindemann 1928 Lindemann 1928">eratocorythaceae Lindemann 1928*** Family
Pyrocystaceae (Schütt 1896) Lemmermann 1899 Lindemann 1928; Helgolandinioideae">yrophacaceae Lindemann 1928; Helgolandinioideae*** Family
Thecadiniaceae Balech 1956
** Order
Thoracosphaerales Tangen 1982 Dodge 1984">Lophodiniales Dodge 1984*** Family
Calciodinellaceae Deflandre 1947">alciodinelloideae Deflandre 1947*** Family
Glenodiniaceae Wiley & Hickson 1909 Schiller 1935; Dinosphaeraceae Lindemann 1928; Lophodiniaceae Osorio-Tafall 1942; Glenodiniineae Fensome et al. 1993b">lenodiniopsidaceae Schiller 1935; Dinosphaeraceae Lindemann 1928; Lophodiniaceae Osorio-Tafall 1942; Glenodiniineae Fensome et al. 1993b*** Family
Thoracosphaeraceae Schiller 1930 [Oodiniaceae
Chatton 1920; Protoodinidae; Protoodiniaceae
Cachon 1964; Hemidiniaceae
Bourrelly 1970; Cachonellaceae
Silva 1980; Stylodiniaceae
Pascher ex Sournia 1984; Pfiesteriaceae
Steidinger & al. 1996)]
** Order Peridiniales
Haeckel 1894
*** Family †Comparodiniaceae
Vozzhennikova 1979
*** Family †Stephanelytraceae
Stover et al. 1977
*** Family †
Dollidiniaceae Fensome et al. 1993
*** ''
Amphidoma caudata'' group
*** ''
Ensiculifera'' group
*** Family
Amphidiniopsidaceae Dodge 1984
*** Family
Amphidomataceae Sournia 1984
*** Family
Cladopyxidaceae Stein 1883 Poche 1913">ladopyxididae Poche 1913*** Family
Diplopsaliaceae Matsuoka 1988 iplopsaloideae*** Family
Endodiniaceae Schiller 1935
*** Family
Heterocapsaceae Fensome et al. 1993 Fensome et al. 1993">eterocapsineae Fensome et al. 1993*** Family
Heterodiniaceae Lindemann 1928
*** Family
Oxytoxaceae Lindemann 1928
*** Family
Peridiniaceae
*** Family
Podolampadaceae Lindemann 1928 Carbonell-Moore 2004">essardiaceae Carbonell-Moore 2004*** Family
Protoperidiniaceae Balech 1988 Lindemann 1928; Congruentidiaceae Schiller 1935; Protoperidiniaceae Bujak & Davies 1998">olkwitziellaceae Lindemann 1928; Congruentidiaceae Schiller 1935; Protoperidiniaceae Bujak & Davies 1998
References
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Dinoflagellate classes