plastid

Descrição:

Gambierdiscus (gam-beer-disk-us) toxicus, a toxic dinoflagellate with chloroplasts. With two flagella, but only one (the trailing flagellum) visible here. Armoured, with fairly thick thecal plates. Flattened and this view is more or less polar. Mostly from warmer waters. Differential interference microscopy.

data on this strain.