The Ultrastructure of Glenodiniopsis steinii (Dinophyceae)

The freshwater dinoflagellate Glenodiniopsis steinii Woloszynska was examined using computer-assisted three-dimensional reconstruction of serially sectioned cells observed with the transmission electron microscope and images from the scanning electron microscope. Vegetative cells contain ultrastructure typical of freshwater dinoflagellates including trichocysts, mitochondria, Golgi bodies, starch grains, and lipid bodies. The chloroplast is a single, multilobed structure, not multiple discoid chloroplasts as previously described. The "C" shape of the nucleus is apparently due in part to the size and location of the pusule.