MICRO*SCOPE   Taxonomic classification according to arcella.nl (Siemensma, F. J., Microworld, world of amoeboid
  organisms. World-wide electronic publication, Kortenhoef, the Netherlands) for amoeboid organisms
  or Encyclopedia of Life for all others.
    Eucaryota : SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria) : Stramenopiles : Ochrophyta : Bacillariophyta : Coscinodiscophycea : Thalassiosirophycidae : Thalassiosirales : Thalassiosiraceae
 
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Thalassiosira punctigera

The oblique view exhibits short silicous spines, the so called occluded processes. On the lower left near the scale bar a chitinous spine is visible. Scale bar indicates 25 µm. The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique.
 
Sample from North Sea near Heligoland (spring diatom bloom). Images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.

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




Die schräge Sicht auf die Frusteln zeigt kurze Silikatfortsätze, die sogenannten occluded processes. Unten links nahe beim Maßbalken sieht man einen Schwebefortsatz aus Chitin. Multiebenen-Abbildung, manuell gestapelt. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 25 µm.
 
Probe aus der Nordsee vor Helgoland in der Zeit der Frühjahrsblüte. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Universal, Kamera: Olympus C7070.

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