Some zooplankton and a stereo diatom

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Some zooplankton and a stereo diatom

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This last one is a crab larva. I included a small overall frontal shot here for reference, but you can see the whole critter much better here, here, and a stereo version here.

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stunning images :shock: :shock:

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Beautiful images. What are the first two animals?

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Superb job :shock:

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Hello Charles,

I am always very much impressed by your pictures.
I would like to know if the first picture is a DIC picture or only a darkfield picture?; is it stacked?; how many pictures? what objective and what condenser did you use for it?

Thank you for posting your interesting animals!

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Quite beautiful. The stereo diatom is especially striking.
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Thanks all!

Franz,
I would like to know if the first picture is a DIC picture or only a darkfield picture?; is it stacked?; how many pictures? what objective and what condenser did you use for it?
That is a stack of 4 images. Regular darkfield. I used my Olympus BH2-UCD condenser with a circular "stop" placed in one of the turret positions. I can use my 4X and 10X for darkfield this way. This was taken with the S Plan Apo 10/0.40.

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What are the first two animals?
I'll tell you what I think they are... :wink: but my marine ID's are always suspect and I am always ready to hear from more knowledgeable individuals...

The first one is a pluteus larva of an echinoderm. I suspect either a sand dollar or sea urchin. The mouth is the small triangular opening at the base of the "arrowhead-like" structure.

The second is a small medusa of a cnidarian (jellyfish).
(See Fig. 11 on this page: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/far ... ity_7.html )

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Amazing! #3 is like a color plate from a 19th century natural history text!

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Delightful set!
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Charlie,

Wow, another stunning set of images.

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Charlie,

Amazing set as always!

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Beautiful!

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Charles,
It's really amazing. Microscopic Art.

Thanks for showing!
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Beautiful shots. Does anyone know what is the species of the Diatom? Or maybe the genera?

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Crab larva

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Love the crab larva
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