Coscinodiscus and Mystery Microbe

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The yellow disk is a Coscinodiscus, the purple oval disk is Oblea and the sticklike branch is Thalassionema.

More of the mysterious purple oval disk.

Terri Hathaway wrote:
looks interesting! should be an easy one to identify with its distinctive shape and 2 rows of cilia.

Terri

Dr. Morton says that the pink compressed dinoflagellate is Oblea with a super big food vacuole. So neat!!!

Thanks for sharing,

Allison Sill, JHT Inc. Contractor
Program Coordinator
Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/PMN/

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White Spots on Coscinodiscus

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"The white dots on Coscinodiscus are probably lipids.
Great pictures! Keep up the awesome work!"

Allison Sill, JHT Inc. Contractor
Program Coordinator
Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
219 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412-9110
http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/PMN/

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The Surface of Coscinodiscus Diatom

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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Coscinodiscus
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Chromista
Division Bacillariophyta – diatoms
Class Coscinodiscophyceae
Order Coscinodiscales Round and Crawford
Family Coscinodiscaceae Kütz.
Genus Coscinodiscus Ehrenberg
Coscinodiscus, Ehrenberg, Taxonomic Serial No.: 2546

 




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Coscinodiscus

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Coscinodiscus and Paralia Sulcata, a Chain Diatom

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The chain diatom featured here, or diatom which looks like a stack of coins is Paralia Sulcata. Coscinodiscus is a single cell, free floating diatom.









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