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Ceratium is a
dinoflagellate with an armored coating of cellulose plates. Dinoflagellates are
distributed worldwide in marine, freshwater, and brackish habitats. They have two
flagella, one lying in a transverse surface furrow called the annulus and one in a
longitudinal furrow, the sulcus. Dinoflagellates are famous for their bioluminescence and for population explosions called blooms which, in some species cause red tides that can be highly toxic to other wildlife and lead to paralytic shellfish poisoning in humans. |
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