Dinoflagellata

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Related to Pyrrhophyta: phylum Pyrrophyta, Euglenophyta, Chrysophyta

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Dinoflagellata - in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta

Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata, order Dinoflagellata

animal order - the order of animals

class Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora - protozoa having flagella

dinoflagellate - chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton

genus Noctiluca - a genus of protoctist

family Peridiniidae, Peridiniidae - marine and freshwater dinoflagellates

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Other important genera due to either high abundance peaks or wide distribution (spatial and temporal) were Chroomonas, among Cryptophyta; Stephanodiscus, Discotella, Aulacoseira, Nitzchia, Fragilaria, Navicula, Cymbella among Bacillariophyceae; Scenedesmus, Schroederia, Chlamydomonas, Dictyosphaerium, Botryococcus, Kirchneriella, Staurastrum and Actinastrum among Chlorophyta; Raphidiopsis, Synechocystis, Synechococcus, Pseudanabaena, Cylindropermopsis, Anabaena, Planktolyngbya, Planktothrix, among Cyanophyta; Peridinium and Gymnodinium among Pyrrhophyta and Dinobryon and Mallomonas among Chrysophyceae.

Phytoplankton assemblages in a reservoir cascade of a large tropical--subtropical river (SE, Brazil)/Assembleias fitoplanctonicas de reservatorios em cascata de um rio tropical--subtropical de grande porte (SE, Brasil)

La mayor diversidad fue observada en Chlorophyta, seguido por Bacillariophyta y Cyanophyta, mientras que Rhodophyta, Pyrrhophyta y Chrysophyta presentaron valores minimos (Tabla 2).

Biota acuatica en la Amazonia Peruana: diversidad y usos como indicadores ambientales en el Bajo Urubamba (Cusco-Ucayali)