Global InformationPyrocystis fusiformis information
| Pyrocystis fusiformis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota
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| (unranked): | SAR
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| Phylum: | Dinoflagellata
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| Order: | Gonyaulacales
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| Suborder: | Goniodomineae
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| Family: | Pyrocystaceae
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| Genus: | Pyrocystis
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| Species: | P. fusiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrocystis fusiformis Wyville-Thomson ex Murray, in Tizard et al., 1885
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Pyrocystis fusiformis is a non-motile, tropical, epipelagic, marine dinoflagellate (flagellate microorganisms), reaching lengths of up to 1 millimetre (0.039 in). P. fusiformis display bioluminescence when disturbed or agitated. In coastal marine waters, this dinoflagellate causes glowing effects after dark. P. fusiformis was first described in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London in 1876.[1]
- ^ Murray, J (1876). "Preliminary reports to Professor Thompson, F.R.S. and Director of the civilian scientific staff on work done on board the "Challenger"". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 24: 533. doi:10.1098/rspl.1875.0067.