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frustule

Image of Thalassiosira eccentrica

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Thalassiosira (tha-lassy-owe-sire-a) eccentrica is one of the hundred or so species in the diverse and common genus of centric diatoms often found in marine waters. Some species can be very large. Species are distinguished primarily by the pattern of sculpting in the valve elements of the shell or frustule, and this shows the surface of an isolated valve. Differential interference microscopy.

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David Patterson and Bob Andersen
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