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Name derivation: |
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“Fire cell” – Fire Pyro- cell –cystis |
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Classification: |
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Pyrocystis Haeckel 1890; 16 of 28 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 20130.Order Pyrocystales; Family Pyrocystaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Coccoid unicells, lanceolate or lunate, photosynthetic with many chloroplasts, bioluminescent, and variable in size from 30 to 1000 µm. |
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Similar genera: |
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Dissodinium (parasite) secondary cysts. |
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Habitat: |
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Marine plankton. |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 8 November 2013. Haeckel E. (1890). Plankton Studien. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 25: 232-336. |
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