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Classification: |
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Cystodinium Klebs 1912; 5 of 20 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry 2013).Order Phytodiniales; Family Phytodiniaceae |
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Habitat:. |
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Epineustonic non-flagellate cells in freshwater habitats. Zoospores are strongly +phototactic facilitating entrance into the epineuston where they shed their theca as the new cell wall asymmetrically elongates into the immobile vegetative stage (Timpano and Pfiester 1985). |
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References: |
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Klebs, G. 1912. Über Flagellaten- und Algen-ähnliche Peridineen. Verh. Naturhist. Med. Vereins Heidelberg, N.F. 11: 369-451. Timpano, P., and L.A. Pfiester 1985. Colonization of the epineuston by Cystodinium bataviense (Dinophyceae): Behavior of the zoospore. Journal of Phycology 21(1):56-62. |
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