Dinophyceae ( Class )

Dinophyceae

"The flagellates. Pyrrophyta with lateral flagella, one of which beat in a groove that encircles the organism. They probably have no form of sexual reproduction and their mitosis is unlike that in any other organism. There are more than 1,000 species."
Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Chromista
Subkingdom	Chromista
Division	Pyrrophycophyta – dinoflagellates
Class	Dinophyceae
Direct Children:
Order	Actiniscales Sournia, 1984
Order	Blastodiniales Schiller, 1935
Order	Brachydiniales Loeblich III ex Sournia, 1984
Order	Dinamoebales Loeblich, 1970, emend. Steidinger et al.
Order	Dinophysiales Lindemann, 1928
Order	Dinotrichales Pascher, 1914
Order	Ebriales
Order	Gloeodiniales
Order	Gonyaulacales Taylor, 1980
Order	Gymnodiniales Lemmermann, 1910
Order	Lophodiniales Dodge, 1984
Order	Noctilucales Haeckel, 1894
Order	Peridiniales Haeckel, 1894
Order	Phytodiniales Loeblich, III, 1970
Order	Prorocentrales Lemmermann, 1910
Order	Ptychodiscales
Order	Suessiales Fensome et al., 1993
Order	Syndiniales Loeblich, III, 1976
Order	Thoracosphaerales Tanger in Tanger et al., 1982

References and Further Reading

Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971

Dinophyceae, Taxonomic Serial No.: 9874