Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Diatoms – SAR-Stramenopiles (Bacillariophyta)

Observations on Guinardia flaccida

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Guinardia flaccida (Castracane) H.Peragallo 1892

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Rhizosolenia flaccida Castracane 1886

Add’l Synonyms: Henseniella baltica Schütt 1894
                               Guinardia baltica Schütt 1896

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Sampling date 04/2017. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Two images, girdleband view..

First:Girdlebands and chloroplasts
Second:Optical cross section showing chloroplasts and nuclei.

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Place name: North Sea around Heligoland
Latitude: 54.186311     Longitude: 7.895034

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D E-M5 II. DOF images.

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Sampling date 02/2022. Scale bars indicate 250 µm (1), 100 µm (2), 50 µm (3).

Three images, three magnifications.

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Place name: North Sea around Heligoland
Latitude: 54.186311     Longitude: 7.895034

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Two images, two  magnifications.

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Place name: North Sea around Heligoland
Latitude: 54.186311     Longitude: 7.895034

Stereo microscope Olympus SZX16/Planapo 2.0x, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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