Algae
Dinophyta Lemmermann
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Nomenclature
Phylum:
Dinophyta Lemmermann
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Dinoflagellates
SUMMARY
Cells usually brown due to presence of accessory pigments; unicellular, rarely coccoid or filamentous; walls firm or of regularly arranged polygonal plates; biflagellate, one flagellum transverse and encircling the cell, other directed posteriorly; storage materials starch and oil.