Loculate

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Loculate
Valve walls that have more than one layer of silica may have a complex, chambered structure. Areolae may also be considered to be chambered, or loculate (the chamber is termed the loculus).

References

  • Wehr, J.D. & Sheath, R.G. (Eds.) 2003. Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification, Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 950 pp.

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