| Main Ref. | Hameed, H.A. and M. Saburova, 2015 |
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| Remarks | Very common in neritic, moderately eutrophic waters. Non-toxic, cyst-forming, found in both cold and tropic waters where it is known to produce "red tide". Mixotrophic; ingests organic matter or prey such as other dinoflagellates, cryptophytes, diatoms and bacteria (Ref. 115134). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Substrate | Pelagic; |
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| Substrate Ref. | |
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| Special habitats Ref. |
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| Parasitism |
| Feeding type | mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Cooper, J.T., G.A. Sinclair and B. Wawrik, 2016 |
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| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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| From individual food items | 2.00 | 0.00 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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