by Mona Hoppenrath, Mitsunori Iwataki & Urban Tillmann (July 2024)
Below you will find general morphological and diagnostic features that can be used for morphological identification of the genus Heterocapsa and its species.
These character states are also part of the matrix key.
Here you can look at comparative drawings of the species.
Tabulation - thecal plate pattern
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