Peridiniales is an order of
dinoflagellate
The dinoflagellates (Greek δῖνος ''dinos'' "whirling" and Latin ''flagellum'' "whip, scourge") are a monophyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes constituting the phylum Dinoflagellata and are usually considered algae. Dinoflagellates are ...
s. Below is a uncritical list of the families in Peridinales, but molecular phylogenetics circumscribe the group in a stricter sense.
[Žerdoner Čalasan A, J Kretschmann & M Gottschling (2019): ''They are young, and they are many: Dating freshwater lineages in unicellular dinophytes.'' Environ Microbiol 21: 4125–4135. ]
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Amphilothaceae,
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Archaeosphaerodiniopsidaceae,
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Blastodiniaceae,
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Calciodinellaceae,
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Ceratiaceae
Ceratiaceae is a family of dinoflagellates in the order Gonyaulacales.
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Gonyaulacales
Algae families
Dinoflagellate families
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Cladopyxidaceae,
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Coccidinaceae,
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Crypthecodiniaceae,
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Dinosphaeraceae,
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Endodiniaceae,
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Glenodiniaceae,
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Glenodiniopsidaceae,
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Gonyaulacaceae,
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Haplozoonaceae,
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Heterodiniaceae,
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Heterocapsaceae syn. Heterocapsineae
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Heterodiniaceae,
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Kolkwitziellaceae,
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Kryptoperidiniaceae,
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Oodiniaceae,
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Oxytoxaceae,
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Paradiniaceae,
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Peridiniaceae
Peridiniaceae is a family of dinoflagellates belonging to the order Peridiniales.
Genera
Peridiniaceae contains the following genera:
* '' Alterbia''
* '' Alterbidinium''
* '' Amphidiadema''
* '' Andalusiela''
* '' Apectodinium''
* '' Archa ...
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Podolampaceae,
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Podolampadaceae,
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Polykrikaceae
The Polykrikaceae (also known as Polykrikidae) are a family of athecate dinoflagellates of the order Gymnodiniales. Members of the family are known as polykrikoids.
The family contains two genera: '' Polykrikos'' and '' Pheopolykrikos''.
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Pronoctilucaceae,
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Protoceratiaceae,
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Protoperidinaceae,
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Protoperidiniaceae,
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Ptychochscaceae,
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Pyrophacaceae,
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Syndiniaceae,
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Thecadiniaceae,
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Triadiniaceae
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Picture of a Peridiniale
Dinophyceae
Dinoflagellate orders
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