Gymnodiniales
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Myzozoa |
| Superclass: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae |
| Order: | Gymnodiniales |
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The Gymnodiniales are an order of dinoflagellates, of the class Dinophyceae.[2] Members of the order are known as gymnodinioid or gymnodinoid (terms that can also refer to any organism of similar morphology). They are athecate, or lacking an armored exterior, and as a result are relatively difficult to study because specimens are easily damaged. Many species are part of the marine plankton and are of interest primarily due to being found in algal blooms. As a group the gymnodinioids have been described as "likely one of the least known groups of the open ocean phytoplankton."[3]
Of the families in the order, the
Families
Gallery
Gymnodiniales
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Proterythropsis sp. from the family Warnowiaceae, highlighting the distinctive ocelloid (double arrow)[5] -
Gyrodinium spirale from the family Gymnodiniaceae
References
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- National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species.
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- S2CID 4462376.
- ^ PMID 19467154.
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