frustule detail
Description:
Gyrosigma (gyre-o-sig-ma), this is a pennate diatom, and this detail shows the pattern of striae (holes) on the frustule. This square packed pattern to either side of the raphe allows this genus to be distinguished from the superficially similar Pleurosigma. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Ochrophyta (Ochrophyte)
- Bacillariophyta (diatoms)
- Bacillariophycidae
- Naviculales
- Pleurosigmataceae
- Gyrosigma
- Oomycota (oomycetes)
- Diatomista
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