Bilabiate process

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Bilabiate process
A process consisting of an external shorter or longer tube, sometimes reduced to a low ring (LM), and an internal part with a longer or shorter stalk and a trapezoid end piece closed at the tip but open at each of the two slanting sides by a longitudinal slit (EM) (specific to Lithodesmiaceae).

References

  • Hasle, G.R. & Syvertsen, E.E., 1996. Marine Diatoms. In C.R. Tomas (ed), Identifying Marine Diatoms and Dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., California. pp. 5-385.

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