Pyrocystis fusiformis photograph

Pyrocystis Fusiformis

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Scientific name and meaning Pyrocystis fusiformis
Order Gonyaulacales
Phylum Dinoflagellata
DomainEukaryota
FamiliPyrocystaceae
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Date of Upd.
ID4065468
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About Pyrocystis Fusiformis


Pyrocystis fusiformis is a non-motile, tropical, epipelagic, marine dinoflagellate, reaching lengths of up to 1 millimetre. P. fusiformis display bioluminescence when disturbed or agitated. In coastal marine waters, this dinoflagellate causes glowing effects after dark.

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