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Description:
Cyclotella (sike-low-tell-a). Centric diatom, seen from valve view. The cell is surrounded by a sheath of mucus. Long thin organic spines project from the cell - and are believed to have a role in flotation. The pattern of pores in the frustule is used in identification. From a freshwater site. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Oomycota (oomycetes)
- Ochrophyta (Ochrophyte)
- Diatomista
- Bacillariophyta (diatoms)
- Coscinodiscophyceae
- Thalassiosirophycidae
- Thalassiosirales
- Stephanodiscaceae
- Kuetzing
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- Michele Bahr and David Patterson
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