Alexandrium tamarense
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Fig. 2. SEM. Apical view. Po and 1' plate come in direct contact. Po=apical pore plate.

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Fig. 3. LM. 1' plate: bears a round vp. Shape varies: from broad triangle to narrow rectangle. vp=ventral pore.

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Fig. 4. SEM. APC: Po rectangular and narrows ventrally housing large fishhook shaped foramen, and a small round aap. aap=anterior attachment pore.

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Fig. 5. LM. Paired cells may contain a small pap on sp plate. pap=posterior attachment pore; sp=posterior sulcal plate.

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Fig. 6. LM. Live single cell. Cingulum lipped. Epitheca and hypotheca nearly equal in height. Left hypothecal lobe slightly larger than right (arrow).

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Fig. 7. LM. Resting cysts of A. tamarense (indistinguishable from those of A. catenatum). Cysts with rounded ends, reddish lipid bodies, and covered in mucilage.

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Fig. 8. LM. Resting cysts.

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Fig. 9. Line drawing.

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Fig. 10. Line drawing.

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