''Coolia tropicalis'' is a species of
dinoflagellate
The Dinoflagellates (), also called Dinophytes, are a monophyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes constituting the phylum Dinoflagellata and are usually considered protists. Dinoflagellates are mostly marine plankton, but they are also commo ...
s, first found in Belize.
Its cell size ranges from 23–40
μm
The micrometre (Commonwealth English as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, is a unit of length in the International System ...
long, 25–39 μm wide and 35–65 μm in dorsoventral diameter. Cells are spherical, smooth and covered with scattered round pores. Its
epitheca is smaller than its
hypotheca. Its apical pore is straight, 7 μm long and situated in the apical plate complex. Cells of ''C. tropicalis'' are distinguished from ''
C. monotis'' by the wedge-shaped plate 1′, a four-sided 3’ plate, and a short apical pore.
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Protists described in 1995
Dinoflagellate species
Gonyaulacales
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