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gyrodinium

Genus: Gyrodinium | Dinoflagellate

Order: Gymnodiniales

Family: Gymnodiniaceae

Description: Small- to large-sized cells. Can be fusiform, biconical, ovoid, or tearshaped, somtimes compressed dorsoventrally or laterally. Some species have apical groove. Pigmentation and nutrition vary, and some species have food vacuoles.

Cell Size: varies from <5 to >200um

Distribution: Oceanic to estuarine; temperate to tropical, cosmopolitan

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