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Definition of Order Dinoflagellata
1. Noun. In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Flagellata, Class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora
Member holonyms: Dinoflagellate, Genus Noctiluca, Family Peridiniidae, Peridiniidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Dinoflagellata
Literary usage of Order Dinoflagellata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopaedia by Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922)
"... the digestive sacs (am- The third order, Dinoflagellata, move by means of two
flagella, and are remarkable for having the body often protected by a very ..."
2. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"... is provided with two fla- gella by the action of which the entire colony is
propelled through the water with a rotary motion. 2. order Dinoflagellata. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"Fossil representatives of the order Dinoflagellata with a cellulose skeleton are
reported from the flint in the European Cretaceous ..."
4. A Preliminary Report on the Protozoa of the Fresh Waters of Connecticut by Herbert William Conn (1905)
"order Dinoflagellata. Key to Genera. 1. Without membrane surrounding the body 2
With membrane surrounding the body 3 2. Cross furrow extending only around ..."
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