Amphiprora (Diatom) January 14, 2009 - Sample #21

This diatom, Amphiprora, was captured in the Atlantic Ocean on January 14, 2009 / Sample #21. It is available in its original compressed *avi format (6,984 k) or flash version (1806 k) including micrographs for educational purposes.

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Amphiprora

Cool critter!
It's an Amphiprora....

Sharon wrote:
Can you please identify this unusual organism?
Diatom, I would presume.

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Allison Sill, JHT Inc. Contractor
Program Coordinator
Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/PMN/

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