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dinoflagellate

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dinoflagellate /di·no·flag·el·late/ (di″no-flaj´ĕ-lāt)
1. of or pertaining to the order Dinoflagellida.
2. any individual of the order Dinoflagellida.
di·no·flag·el·late (dn-flj-lt, -lt, -fl-jlt)
n.
Any of numerous chiefly marine flagellates of the order Dinoflagellata, some species of which produce a potent neurotoxin that may cause severe food poisoning following ingestion of parasitized shellfish.


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Along the Florida coast, pigments in the "red tides" caused by Karenia brevis and other dinoflagellates signal toxic blooms.
Marine toxin hinders cognitive development by Potera, Carol / Environmental Health Perspectives
These toxins are transmitted by dinoflagellates of the species Gambierdiscus toxicus, which lives adhered to damaged coral reefs in tropical seas (2).
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The device is named after the species of dinoflagellate, K.
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