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Figure 6

From: Conspecificity of two morphologically distinct calcified red algae from the northwest Pacific Ocean: Galaxaura pacifica and G. filamentosa (Galaxauraceae, Rhodophyta)

Figure 6

The external morphologies and cortical structures of villous-type thalli in Galaxaura pacifica Tanaka. (A) Voucher specimen of the villous plant from Bulusan, Sorsogon, the Philippines used for molecular analysis; (B) The magnification of the tip of branches showing a tuft of short villous branches with numerous assimilatory filaments (af); (C) Cross section showing two different layers, a cortical layer consisting of number long assimilatory filaments (af) and a medulla layer comprising of numerous dense medullary filaments; (D) Cross section showing long assimilatory filaments (af) arising from a mass of medullary filaments (mf); (E) Assimilatory filaments (af) issued from undifferentiated and non-tumid basal cell (bc).

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