| Peridinium | |
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| Peridinium digitale | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Myzozoa |
| Superclass: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae |
| Order: | Peridiniales |
| Family: | Peridiniaceae |
| Genus: | Peridinium Ehrenberg |
| Type species | |
| Peridinium cinctum | |
| Species | |
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Peridinium is a genus of motile, marine and freshwater dinoflagellates.[1][2] Their morphology is considered typical of the armoured dinoflagellates, and their form is commonly used in diagrams of a dinoflagellate's structure.[1][3] Peridinium can range from 30 to 70 μm in diameter, and has very thick thecal plates.[1][3]
- ^ a b c S.C. Agrawal (1999). Limnology. APH. ISBN 978-81-7648-108-3.
- ^ C.S. Reynolds (2006). The Ecology of Phytoplankton (Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84413-0.
- ^ a b Lee, Robert Edward (2008). Phycology (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521682770.