Dinozoa
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| Dinozoa | |
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| Symbiosis between two dinozoans: the perkinsid Dinovorax pyriformis infecting the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum micans[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Clade: | Myzozoa |
| Clade: | Dinozoa Cavalier-Smith 1981 emend. 2004 |
| Phyla | |
Dinozoa is a group of microorganisms composed of dinoflagellates and perkinsids.[1] It was initially coined in 1981 as a synonym of dinoflagellates,[2] but in 2004 the name was repurposed for the evolutionary lineage or clade of dinoflagellates and their closest relatives, the perkinsids.[3]
