Image of Skeletonema costatum

Description:

Sampling date 01/2022. Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1, 2), 10 µm (3-6).

Three pairs of girdleband view/optical cross section in two magnification steps.

First couple:Girdleband view showing silicious connection processes, cross section showing chloroplasts and some nuclei.Second couple:Close-up.
a) Girdleband view: Some ultrathin floating processes made of chitin become visible.
b) Cross section: Chloroplasts and some nuclei become clearly visabe.Third couple:Close-up.
Girdleband view: The ultrathin floating processes made of chitin are clearly visible.
These chitinous processes are characteristic of the Thalassiosirales.

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Place name: Baltic Sea, Kieler Förde, Kiel Fjord (Germany) 
Latitude: 54.3894126     Longitude: 10.1749055

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

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