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FAMILY
Apodiniaceae

Citation: Apodiniaceae Chatton 1920.

Diagnosis: Blastodinialeans in which the parasitic cell is attached by a stalk and retains no evidence of typical dinoflagellate shape. Sporogenesis is by palisporogenesis, feeding continuing while sporogenesis occurs; however, the latter process does not lead to a ribbon-like multicellular stage.

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DINOFLAJ (c) 1998