Diversity of coccolithophores

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Description: English: Diversity of coccolithophores. Emiliania huxleyi, the reference species for coccolithophore studies, is contrasted with a range of other species spanning the biodiversity of modern coccolithophores. All images are scanning electron micrographs of cells collected by seawater filtration from the open ocean. (A to N) Species illustrated: (A) Coccolithus pelagicus, (B) Calcidiscus leptoporus, (C) Braarudosphaera bigelowii, (D) Gephyrocapsa oceanica, (E) E. huxleyi, (F) Discosphaera tubifera, (G) Rhabdosphaera clavigera, (H) Calciosolenia murrayi, (I) Umbellosphaera irregularis, (J) Gladiolithus flabellatus, (K and L) Florisphaera profunda, (M) Syracosphaera pulchra, and (N) Helicosphaera carteri. Scale bar, 5 μm. Date: 13 July 2016. Source: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/7/e1501822. Author: Monteiro, F.M., Bach, L.T., Brownlee, C., Bown, P., Rickaby, R.E., Poulton, A.J., Tyrrell, T., Beaufort, L., Dutkiewicz, S., Gibbs, S. and Gutowska, M.A. Other versions: This file has multiple extracted images: Diversity of coccolithophores (cropped) (Gephyrocapsa oceanica).jpg Diversity of coccolithophores (cropped) (Rhabdosphaera clavigera).jpg Diversity of coccolithophores (cropped).(Discosphaera tubifera).jpg.