''Coolia tropicalis'' is a species of
dinoflagellate
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s, first found in Belize.
Its cell size ranges from 23–40
μm
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long, 25–39 μm wide and 35–65 μm in dorsoventral diameter. Cells are spherical, smooth and covered with scattered round pores. Its
epitheca
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is smaller than its
hypotheca
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. 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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