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In the <I>[[Kofoid tabulation system]]</I>, a <I>[[plate]]</I> contacting the <I>[[apical pore complex]]</I>. Some authors have interpreted this definition strictly whereas others have included as apical plates those plates which do not contact the apical pore complex but which they deem to be <I>[[homologous]]</I> with plates that do touch the apical pore complex in other taxa (refer to Text-Figure 15). In the <I>[[Eaton tabulation system]]</I>, an apical plate is one that is anterior to, and contiguous with, one or more <I>[[Precingular plate|precingular plates]]</I>. In dinophysialeans, a plate in close contact with the <I>[[ventral pore]]</I> and not included in the <I>[[epithecal series]]</I> or <I>[[sulcal series]]</I>.
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