Definition of Order dinoflagellata

1. Noun. In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Dinoflagellata

order Cuculiformes
order Cycadales
order Cycadofilicales
order Cyclostomata
order Cydippea
order Cydippida
order Cydippidea
order Cypriniformes
order Decapoda
order Dermaptera
order Dermoptera
order Diapensiales
order Dicranales
order Dictyoptera
order Dinocerata
order Dinoflagellata
order Dinornithiformes
order Diptera
order Discocephali
order Ebenales
order Edentata
order Embiodea
order Embioptera
order Endomycetales
order Entomophthorales
order Ephemerida
order Ephemeroptera
order Equisetales
order Ericales
order Erysiphales

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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