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Chrysosphaerella(Chrysophyceae)



Chrysosphaerella longispina from a pond in New Hampshire USA.  Each cell bears two stiff silica spines, many times longer than the cell diameter.

 

Chrysosphaerella longispina from a pond in New Hampshire USA

 

Chrysosphaerella longispina from a pond in New Hampshire USA

 

Chrysosphaerella longispina, 2 July 2010, Wheelwright Pond, Lee, NH USA

 

Chrysosphaerella spine illustrating double-flanged proximal end that retains spine immediately beneath cell membrane, and forked distal end.
EM photograph from Silica-scaled Chrysophytes of Europe.

 

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