closing plate
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A small plate located in the apical pore complex (APC) of some marine, armoured dinokont species, and associated with the apical pore (ap).[l][m]Species[/m][r]Alexandrium acatenella[/r]

Alternative forms for closing plate : canopy, cp.

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Pyrodinium bahamense var. bahamense: cp associated with apical pore