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SPECIES
Psammodictyon, D.G.Mann, 1990
IMAGES
Morphological Characteristics
Single-celled, of medium-large dimensions. The cell is usually seen in valve view, and thus appears with broad valves, panduriform, with rounded or pointed poles, more rarely seen in girdle view. The valve surface is decorated with small areolae from the one margin of the cell to the other. In the cytoplasm there are two chloroplasts located at the poles of the cell.
Distribution
This genus is planktonic, benthonic and marine.
Notes
Width (transapical axis) is measured as the mean of the minimum and the maximum
Toxicity:Not reported.
Resistence Stages:Not reported.
SHAPE
Shape Type
simple
Shape Unit
Cell
Cod:
8 - Prism on elliptic base
Surface Area
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Volume
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