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Description of Guinardia delicatula

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G. delicatula cells are cylindrical, with flat valve faces. Each cell has a spine extending from the valve margin. This spine fits into a depression on the adjacent cell to form chains. Few but large chromatophores are present usually at the cell periphery. This species can form large blooms in the spring and early summer
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