Pseudoloculus (False)

A false pseudoloculus is a chambered areola, similar to a pseudoloculus, that opens to the valve exterior through a large foramen and is covered on the valve interior by a type of velum. Plural is false pseudoloculi. Typically, false pseudoloculi are irregular in outline, are distributed irregularly across valve face, and have vela with varying numbers of pores.

Example genera with false pseudoloculi include Pseudictyota, Ralfsiella, and Dictyoneis

See also areola, loculus, and pseudoloculus.

Citations

Sims, P.A., Williams, D.M. and Ashworth, M. (2018) Examination of type specimens for the genera Odontella and Zygoceros (Bacillariophyceae) with evidence for the new family Odontellaceae and a description of three new genera. Phytotaxa 382: 1-56

Publication Link: 10.11646/phytotaxa.382.1.1

Pseudictyota reticulata 014 — External view of *Pseudictyota reticulata* (SEM). False pseudoloculi are shown by the irregular foramina on the outside of the chambers. Scale bar = 5 µm.

Pseudictyota dubia 05 — External view of *Pseudictyota dubia* (SEM). False pseudoloculi are shown by the irregular foramina on the outside of the chambers. Scale bar = 10 µm.