COAXIAL MONOMEROUS THALLI
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thalli, and here for the dimerous
thalli
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![]() from Woelkerling, 1988: Oxford University Press. |
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Image shows a broad coaxial core and thin peripheral filaments (arrow heads). Arrows mark apical cells. |
Image shows broad coaxial core filaments which curve outward to form a broad peripheral zone. | |||
| RECENT | FOSSIL | |||
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![]() from Woelkerling, 1988: Oxford University Press. |
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| In opposite to the Recent example, the original cell walls of the fossil SEM-sample are leached and cell lumina are filled by sparry calcite. | ||||