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Meringosphaera (Tribophyceae)

Meringosphaera mediterranea with undulating barbed spines. Cell diameter ~ 5 μm.
SEM photograph by Bengt Karlson, Nordic Microalgae and Aquatic Protozoa, Swedish Meterological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), posted online

Meringosphaera mediterranea with layer of overlapping scales covers the cell beneath another layer of scales attached to the barbed undulating spines. Cell diameter ~ 4 μm. Scales in lower left and right center of image were produced by the coccolithophorid Emiliani.
SEM posted by Nannotax3 online.

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