What do dinoflagellates eat?

Dinoflagellates are marine organisms that contain chloroplasts and thus photosynthesize. They live in the ocean, and they can be a part of coral reefs. Dinoflagellates come in many shapes, including green algae species with 4 flagella, photoautotrophs which fix CO2 into sugars by photosynthesis, and other species which are heterotrophs and cannot create food from light energy. Examples of heterotrophic dinoflagellates include those that live in symbiosis with corals or sea anemones and produce sugar…

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