Zeiss Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 30µm length, stacked in Photoshop, Marine sample, Alborán Sea
The one I measured is on the left, almost halfway down next to the broken diatom that looks like a half moon.
+ plus interesting link to a paper in Researchgate of some Cocconeis scutellum var.
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... lariophyta
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Cocconeis scutellum var. scutellum
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Cocconeis scutellum var. scutellum
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Re: Cocconeis scutellum var. scutellum
Very nice! I often find these adhered to seaweed and other marine curiosities.
Re: Cocconeis scutellum var. scutellum
Thanks Macro_Cosmos, indeed, and in mostly high concentrations. Infestation?
In the study linked above all samples taken in the Mediterranean were attached to the sea grass Posidonia oceanica
In the study linked above all samples taken in the Mediterranean were attached to the sea grass Posidonia oceanica
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Re: Cocconeis scutellum var. scutellum
Beautiful photograph. It is amazing that there are such beautiful organisms that are still managing to eek out an existence in our polluted waters.