What is dinoflagellates?

Brief account of dinoflagellates?
Ans:


  • Dinoflagellates are mostly marine and photosynthetic. 
  • The cell wall has stiff cellulite plates on the outer surface. 
  • They have two flagella and produce spinning movements. So protests are called whirling wipe. 
  • The nucleus has condensed chromosomes, which are without histones. 
  • Some dinoflagellates like noctiluca show bioluminescence. 
  • Red dinoflagellates like Gonyaulax undergo rapid multiplication and make the sea appear red[Resides in Mediterraneliansea].
  • Toxins produced by them may kill fishes.

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