Dinophyceae

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Domain Eukaryota Higher classification Dinoflagellate Rank Class		Scientific name Dinophyceae Phylum Dinoflagellata

Lower classifications Ceratium, Karenia, Dinophysiales, Pfiesteria, Pfiesteria shumwayae

Dinophyceae

Dinophyceae is a class of dinoflagellates. These are benthic dinoflagellate and found in sediments.

Dinoflagellate cochlodinium strangulatum and margalefidinium gen nov dinophyceae

Taxonomy

Dinophyceae Classification of Algae by Fritsch Plant Science 4 U

Class Dinophyceae Pascher 1914 [Peridinea Ehrenberg 1830 stat. nov. Wettstein; Blastodiniphyceae Fensome et al. 1993 orthog. emend.]

Order Haplozoonales [Haplozooidea Poche 1913]

Family Haplozoonaceae Chatton 1920

Order Akashiwales

Family Akashiwaceae

Order Blastodiniales Chatton 1906 [Blastodinida Chatton 1906]

Family Blastodiniaceae Cavers 1913

Order Apodiniales

Family Apodiniaceae Chatton 1920

Order Dinotrichales Pascher 1914

Family Crypthecodiniaceae Biecheler 1938 ex Chatton 1952

Family Dinotrichaceae Pascher 1914

Order Phytodiniales T. Christ. 1962 ex Loeblich 1970 [Dinococcales Pascher 1914; Suessiales Fensome & al. 1993; Dinamoebales]

Family †Suessiaceae Fensome et al. 1993

Family Phytodiniaceae Klebs 1912 [Dinococcaceae Fott 1960; Hemidiniaceae Bourrelly 1970; Borghiellaceae Moestrup, Lindberg & Daugbjerg 2009]

Family Symbiodiniaceae Fensome & al. 1993 [Zooxanthellaceae]

Order Brachidiniales Loeblich III 1982 ex Sournia 1984

Family Brachidiniaceae Sournia 1972 [Kareniaceae Bergholtz & al. 2006]

Order Ptychodiscales Fensome & al. 1993

Family Ptychodiscaceae Lemmermann 1899

Order Amphilothales Lindemann 1928

Family Amphitholaceae Poche 1913 [Amphilothaceae]

Order Actiniscales [Actiniscineae (Sournia 1984) Fensome et al. 1993b]

Family Actiniscaceae Kützing 1844 [Gymnasteraceae Lindemann 1928]

Family Dicroerismaceae Fensome & al. 1993

Order Gymnodiniales Lemmermann 1910

Cochlodinium group

Gyrodinium dorsum group

Gyrodinium group

Togula group

Family Chytriodiniaceae Cachon & Cachon-Enjumet 1968

Family Gymnodiniaceae (Bergh 1881a) Lankester 1885 [Polykrikaceae Kofoid & Swezy 1921]

Family Warnowiaceae Lindemann 1928

Order Prorocentrales Lemmermann 1910

Family Haplodiniaceae Lindemann 1928

Family Prorocentraceae Stein 1883

Order †Nannoceratopsiales Piel & Evitt 1980

Family †Nannoceratopsiaceae Gocht 1970

Order Dinophysales Lindemann 1928

Family Amphisoleniaceae Lindemann 1928

Family Dinophysaceae Stein 1883 [Citharistaceae Kofoid & Skogsberg 1928; Ornithocercaceae Kofoid & Skogsberg 1928]

Family Oxyphysaceae Sournia 1984

Order Gonyaulacales Taylor 1980 [Pyrocystales Apstein 1909]

Family †Lotharingiaceae

Family †Mancodiniaceae

Family †Pareodiniaceae

Family †Scriniocassiaceae

Amylax group

Family Ceratiaceae Kofoid 1907

Family Goniodomataceae Lindemann 1928 [Ostreopsidaceae Lindemann 1928, Triadiniaceae Dodge 1981; Yeseviidae Özdikmen 2009, Centrodiniaceae Hernández-Becerril et al. 2010]

Family Gonyaulacaceae Lindemann 192

Family Protoceratidaceae Lindemann 1928 [Ceratocorythaceae Lindemann 1928]

Family Pyrocystaceae (Schütt 1896) Lemmermann 1899 [Pyrophacaceae Lindemann 1928; Helgolandinioideae]

Family Thecadiniaceae Balech 1956

Order Thoracosphaerales Tangen 1982 [?Lophodiniales Dodge 1984]

Family Calciodinellaceae [Calciodinelloideae Deflandre 1947]

Family Glenodiniaceae Wiley & Hickson 1909 [Glenodiniopsidaceae Schiller 1935; Dinosphaeraceae Lindemann 1928; Lophodiniaceae Osorio-Tafall 1942; Glenodiniineae Fensome et al. 1993b]

Family Thoracosphaeraceae Schiller 1930 [Oodiniaceae Chatton 1920; Protoodinidae; Protoodiniaceae Cachon 1964; Hemidiniaceae Bourrelly 1970; Cachonellaceae Silva 1980; Stylodiniaceae Pascher ex Sournia 1984; Pfiesteriaceae Steidinger & al. 1996)]

Order Peridiniales Haeckel 1894

Family †Comparodiniaceae Vozzhennikova 1979

Family †Stephanelytraceae Stover et al. 1977

Family †Dollidiniaceae Fensome et al. 1993

Amphidoma caudata group

Ensiculifera group

Family Amphidiniopsidaceae Dodge 1984

Family Amphidomataceae Sournia 1984

Family Cladopyxidaceae Stein 1883 [Cladopyxididae Poche 1913]

Family Diplopsaliaceae Matsuoka 1988 [Diplopsaloideae]

Family Endodiniaceae Schiller 1935

Family Heterocapsaceae Fensome et al. 1993 [Heterocapsineae Fensome et al. 1993]