Peridineae


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Read about Peridineae in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

PERIDINEAE

A small group mostly inhabiting the sea, more rarely fresh water. They are unicellular, free-swimming organisms with nucleus, vacuole, chromatophores, and cilia. The cell is usually surrounded by a cellulose, sculptured, or pitted and transversely furrowed, wall. Reproduction is by cell-division and swarm-spores Sexual reproduction has recently been discovered. The Peridineae often form an important part of the plankton in the sea.


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