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DiNoFlAgELleT. By : Brian Johnson. What is a Dinoflagellate.
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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.