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Morphology and life cycle of Ceratium rhomvoides nov. sp. (Dinophyceae) from the lake Plußsee (Federal Republic)

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A new species of freshwater dinoflagellates, Ceratium rhomvoides nov. sp., is described from the Plußsee, northern West Germany, where it occurs regularly. C. rhomvoides nov. sp. is distinguished from closely related taxa by various aspects of the morphology of the vegetative cell and the cyst and by its sexual reproduction and seasonal distribution.

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    Barbara Hickel

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Hickel, B. Morphology and life cycle of Ceratium rhomvoides nov. sp. (Dinophyceae) from the lake Plußsee (Federal Republic). Hydrobiologia 161, 49–54 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044099

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