Image of Paraquadrula Deflandre 1932

Description:

Sampling date 06/2012. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Three images.
Paraquadrula builds its scales from calcite, which is birefringent. That’s the reason why they show such different levels of brightness in DIC (polarized light).

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Place name: Bog near Reith/Pillersee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.477767     Longitude: 12.337294

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 600D.

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