DiNoFlAgELleT
By : Brian Johnson
What is a Dinoflagellate
• Dinoflagellates are microscopic,
usually unicellular, flagellated
often photosynthetic protists
commonly known as algae. The
dinoflagellates are a large group
of flagellate protists. Most are
marine plankton, but they are
common in fresh water habitats as
well. Their populations are
distributed depending on
temperature, salinity, or depth.
Facts :
• Dinoflagellates are single cells protits that have 2 flagella.
• Most dinoflagellatesare found near the surface of the ocean.
• Dinoflagellates are classified as Gonyaulaw.
• Dinoflagellates are also able to take in food.
• Dinoflagellates walls are mad up of celluose.
Harmful facts :
• Dinoflagellates glow in the night and the name of the flagella that glows in the night
is Noctiluca.
• Many dinoflagellates cause a red and a brown tide.
• When the ocean warms up it makes the flagella produce the red tide.
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