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Why are dinoflagellates known as armoured protists?

Why are dinoflagellates known as armoured protists?

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Mahima Kanawat
1010 Points
5 years ago
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Dinoflagellates are known as armoured flagellates because they have cellulose plates on surface which looks like an armour. 
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RISHIKA
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4 years ago
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In armoured dinoflagellates, these support overlapping cellulose plates to create a sort of armor called the theca or lorica, as opposed to athecate dinoflagellates. ... The chloroplasts in most photosynthetic dinoflagellates are bound by three membranes, suggesting they were probably derived from some ingested algae
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