#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # WOD98 - TAXONOMIC FEATURES - TAXA VARIABLE 16 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 SPHERICAL/COCCOID ball-shaped; 1-dimension = radius 2 ELLIPSOID ellipsoid; 2-dimensions; long = length, # short = radius 3 BACILLUS/ROD-SHAPED long circular-column: 2-dimensions; long = length, # short = radius 4 LENS-LIKE lentil-shaped: 2-dimensions; long = radius, # short = length (thickness) 5 SPINDLE-LIKE needle-looking; 2-3 dimensions; long = length, # short = width 6 TRUNCATED-CONICAL trunc-cone; 2 dimensions; usually long = length, # short = radius 7 ARMORED/THECATE or armoured, e.g. dinoflagellates 8 UNARMORED/ATHECATE or unarmoured, e.g. naked dinoflagellates 9 HOLOCOCCOLITH-IC coccoliths made of same size/shape crystals 10 HETEROCOCCOLITH-IC coccoliths made of different size/shape crystals 11 FILAMENT algal filaments (rather than individual cells) 12 PAIRED SPHERE/COCCOID Paired ball-shaped; 1-dimension = radius 13 SINGLE CHLOROPLAST Has only one chloroplast, versus multiple