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Thecal ultrastructure ofScrippsiella faeroense

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The thecal ultrastructure ofScrippsiella faeroense (Paulsen) Balech and Oliveira Soares as seen in the electron microscope is described. Additional structural detail of the thecal plate surface, plate connections, and the apical pore, is revealed.

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  1. Richard E. Dickensheets Jr.

    Present address: Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

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Dickensheets, R.E., Cox, E.R. Thecal ultrastructure ofScrippsiella faeroense . Protoplasma 73, 139–143 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01286418

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