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SUBFAMILY
Ovoidinioideae

Citation: Ovoidinioideae (Norris 1978) Bujak and Davies 1983.

Diagnosis: Peridiniaceans in which the episomal tabulation is bipesioid and the Kofoid second anterior intercalary plate is hexa (i.e. six-sided). The cyst wall is composed of dinosporin and lacks a calcareous layer (or layers). The archeopyle is centred about the apical region.

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DINOFLAJ (c) 1998