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Figure 7

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

Figure 7

Drawings of cortical structures of glabrous-type thalli of Galaxaura pacifica Tanaka. (A-C) Female gametophyte from Small Port. (A) Surface view of cortical cells showing a stellate chromatophore with a pyrenoid (py); (B) Cross section of upper portion of glabrous branch showing cellular cortex (co) and medullary filament (mf); (C) Cross section of lower part of villous branch showing that assimilatory filaments (af) arise from a mass of medullary filaments (mf).

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