Dinoflagellate: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Dinoflagellata • Dinoflagellida • Pyrrophycophyta • Pyrrhophyta • Pyrrophyta

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Red tide off the coast of La Jolla, Calif. Red tides are caused by toxic dinoflagellate blooms.

Dead fish scattered along the sandy shore of Tampa Bay, Florida, with reddish and greenish water bands near the coast caused by a red tide dinoflagellate bloom.

How phytoplankton function and survive in the ocean

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