Takayama helix
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Takayama helix is a species of dinoflagellates with sigmoid apical grooves first found in Tasmanian and South African waters.[1] It contains fucoxanthin and its derivatives as its main accessory pigments.
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Order: | Brachidiniales |
Family: | Brachidiniaceae |
Genus: | Takayama |
Species: | Takayama helix De Salas et al., 2003 |
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Takayama helix has an apical groove being practically straight while still clearly bent. It possesses one ventral pore. It has various peripheral, strap-shaped, spiraling chloroplasts with unique pyrenoids and an ellipsoidal nucleus.[1]