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Description: Cylindrical cells with dome-shaped valves. They are generally solitary. Girdle is composed of many bands. Spines on both valves, one valve with series of short hooked spines in addition to the longer ones.  Chloroplasts are flat and elongated and near the center of the cell.

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6. Adapted by GTMResearchReserve from a work by (c) Anna McGaraghan and Laura Beach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28723567

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