Protoperidiniaceae is a family 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 belonging to the order
Peridiniales
Peridiniales is an order of dinoflagellates. 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 ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Amphidiniopsis''
Woloszynska
* ''
Archaeperidinium''
E.G.Jørgensen
* ''
Diplopsalis''
R.S.Bergh
* ''
Protoperidinium''
Bergh
* ''
Trinovantedinium''
P.C.Reid
References
Dinophyceae
Dinoflagellate families
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