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. ContractorProgram Coordinator
Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
Amphiprora (Diatom) January 14, 2009 - Sample #21
| Taxonomic Hierarchy | |
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| Kingdom | Chromista |
| Subkingdom | Chromista |
| Division | Bacillariophyta – diatoms |
| Class | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order | Naviculales Bessey |
| Family | Naviculaceae Kütz. |
| Genus | Amphiprora Ehrenberg, 1841 |
| Amphiprora, Ehrenberg, 1841, Taxonomic Serial No.: 4674 | |
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).
Amphiprora
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