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What does epitheca mean?

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Noun
  1. (microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
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Examination of this and other images indicated that a denser microtubule network was associated with the epitheca than the hypotheca.
It became gradually thicker towards the base, where it formed an epitheca.
One half, the hypotheca, is slightly smaller than the other half, the epitheca.
On the contrary, in calicular sections, several flat dissepiments are intermittently developed directly below the epitheca.

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