plastids

Description:
Pseudopedinella (sue-dough-pea-don-ell-a) a dictyochophyte and pedinellid (stramenochrome) alga, related to the silica flagellates. This cell viewed from the apex and shows the 6 plastids forming a ring. To a paid-up member of the NRA, this resembles six bullets in the cylinder of a revolver. This cell viewed from the apex. Phase contrast microscopy.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Ochrophyta (Ochrophyte)
- Dictyochophyceae (Silicoflagellates)
- Pedinellales
- Pseudopedinella
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