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FAMILY
Symbiodiniaceae

Citation: Symbiodiniaceae Fensome et al. 1993b.

Diagnosis: Suessialeans in which the principal life-cycle stage comprises coccoid cells living as symbionts within the cells of other organisms. A motile biflagellate cell is rare and possesses amphiesmal vesicles typically arranged in seven latitudinal series. Dinosporin cysts are not produced.

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DINOFLAJ (c) 1998