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Fig. 2 | Marine Biodiversity Records

Fig. 2

From: Taxonomic characterization of a brackish water, bloom-forming Peridiniopsis species (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae) from Iraq

Fig. 2

Light micrographs of Peridiniopsis minima from Iraq. (a, b) cell from freshly collected sample in ventral view showing general appearance, nucleus (n) and chloroplasts arrangement, arrows point to eyespot; (c) preserved cell showing central nucleus (n) and peripherally arranged chloroplasts (arrows); (d) DAPI stained cell showing dinokaryotic (Di) and endosymbiont (en, arrow) nuclei; (e-g) calcofluor stained cells in ventral (e, f) and dorsal (g) view showing the thecal plate tabulation; (h, i) split calcofluor stained epitheca in apical view showing the epithecal plate pattern; (j) detail of the apical pore complex and surrounded apical plates; (k) split calcofluor stained hypotheca in antapical view showing the hypothecal plate pattern; (l) cingular plate pattern. Scale bars: 5 μm

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