Dinophysis dens
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Dinophysiales
Family:
Dinophysaceae
Genus:
Dinophysis
Species:
dens
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dinophysis is Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg.
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral
Feeding: Kleptoplastidy
Feeding: Predatory
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual_binary
Feeding behaviour
kleptoplastidy
Predatory
Mode of locomotion
Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming
Reference(s)
Attached phylogeny
Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Parvilucifera infectans | Kristineberg Marine Research Station |
Parvilucifera infectans norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae. European Journal of Protistology 35:233 - 254. doi: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80001-7 (1999) |