mgiddings's Identifications

The organism was microscopic. It had a very unique, triangular shape and ornate looking shell. It had two flagella too. A 10x10 - 100 total magnification was used to look at this organism. It was observed in the ISA building in the afternoon.

Dinoflagellates are unicellular euakryotic organisms. They are usually found in marine and freshwater environments. They can be photosynthetic or heterotrophic. Furthermore, they have "armor" or plates made out of cellulose material and silica. They are also known to cause red tide which can be toxic to marine life and even humans.

They belong to Domain: Eukarya
Major Clade: Alveolata
Kingdom: Dinoflagellata
Phylum: Dynophyta
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Pyrocystales
Family: Pyrocystaceae
Genus: Pyrocystis

https://study.com/academy/lesson/dinoflagellates-characteristics-examples-classification.html

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/f2013/eigner_rach/classification.htm

Di-flagellated unicellular organism, yellow-green in color. Seen at 100x magnification using a compound microscope.

Organism was found in a sample of pond water taken from the USF Tampa campus.

Can be found in almost any marine environment, in some freshwater environments, and even within some organisms.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/dinoflagellate.html#range