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Tintinnid Ciliate, a member of the micrzooplankton. The species is Dictyocysta elegans, found in the Bay of Villefranche-sur Mer. It is about 100 microns in length. This specimen was found in a sample from New Caledonia
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Dictyocysta in lorica. Image by John Dolan.