Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Diatoms – SAR-Stramenopiles (Bacillariophyta)

Observations on Chaetoceros similis

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Chaetoceros similis Cleve 1896

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

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Sampling date 2/2022. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Four images. One cell is being attacked by a parasite (Chytridiomycota).

First couple:Synoptic representation of the valves. The second image is a zoom-in of the first.
Second couple:Optical cross-section. The fourth image is a zoom-in of the third.

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Place name: Baltic Sea, Kieler Förde, Kiel Fjord (Germany)
Latitude: 54.3894126     Longitude: 10.1749055

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera  Olympus OM-D E-M5 II. DOF image.

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