Heterocapsa rotundata
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| Taxonomic Group: | Dinoflagellate | | Trophic Status: | Autotrophic | | Size Range: | 6-9 μm wide x 13-17 μm long (LUMCON Guide); 6-12 μm wide x 8-17 μm long (Dodge 1982) | | Key Characteristics: | Lightly armored, small, mushroom-shaped cell; epitheca exceeds hypotheca in both length and width; chloroplast number and position variable: two (one band-shaped around epitheca, one in bottom of hypotheca) or a variable number peripherally placed; chloroplasts usually appear very red in epi-fluorescence microscopy | | Confused With: | | | Toxin: | None known |
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