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Water
Diatoms
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Aulacoseira ambigia diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See Diatoms chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 116-157. 180 microns from top to bottom, 0.18 millimeter
Detail view of Aulacoseira ambigia diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See Diatoms chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 116-157. 30 microns from top to bottom, 0.03 millimeter
Eunotia exigua diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See pages 134-135 of Nanocosmos. About 40 microns wide, 0.04 millimeter
Cymbella diatom with much smaller Cavinula diatom on top, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See Diatoms chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 116-157. About 80 microns wide, 0.08 millimeter
Rhopalodia diatom, Lake Tanganyika.
See pages 124-125 of Nanocosmos. About 40 microns from end to end, 0.04 millimeter
(21) Hamphora diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See Diatoms chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 116-157. About 30 microns wide, 0.03 millimeter
Halamphora diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See Diatoms chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 116-157. About 25 microns wide, 0.02 millimeter
Pinnularia diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See pages 146-149 of Nanocosmos for another example of the genus. About 170 microns wide, 0.17 millimeter
Detail view of Pinnularia diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See pages 146-149 of Nanocosmos for another example of the genus. About 30 microns wide, 0.03 millimeter
Epithemia smithii diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See pages 138-141 and 151 of Nanocosmos for more examples of the genus. About 35 microns wide, 0.03 millimeter
Epithemia adnata diatom, Lake Tanganyika.
See pages 138-141 and 151 of Nanocosmos for more examples of the genus. About 40 microns wide, 0.04 millimeter
Staurneis diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See Diatoms chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 116-157. About 10 microns wide, 0.01 millimeter
Eucocconeis diatom with Cavinula diatom on top, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See Diatoms chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 116-157. About 15 microns wide, 0.15 millimeter
Gomphonema capitatum diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See pages 136-137 of Nanocosmos for another example of the genus. About 15 microns wide, 0.15 millimeter
Stauroneis diatom, Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay.
See pages 132-133 of Nanocosmos for another example of the genus. About 18 microns wide, 0.18 millimeter
Radiolarians
Acrosphaera genus radiolarian, equatorial Pacific.
See pages 64-68, page 73, page 75, pages 77-79, and pages 113-115 of Nanocosmos other examples of the genus. About 225 microns wide, 0.22 millimeter
Heliosphaera genus radiolarian, equatorial Indian Ocean.
See Radiolarians chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 62-114. About 200 microns wide, 0.2 millimeter
Heliosphaera genus radiolarian, possibly Heliosphaera pectinata, equatorial Indian Ocean.
See Radiolarians chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 62-114. About 300 microns wide, 0.3 millimeter
Bilateral radiolarian probably of the Xiphosphaera genus, equatorial Indian Ocean.
See Radiolarians chapter of Nanocosmos, pages 62-114. About 100 microns wide, 0.1 millimeter
Dinoflagellates
Ceratium genus dinoflagellate, North Carolina Gulf Stream.
See pages 178-183 of Nanocosmos. About 240 microns wide, 0.24 millimeter
View from above of Ceratium genus dinoflagellate, North Carolina Gulf Stream.
See pages 178-183 of Nanocosmos. About 240 microns from upper to lower tip, 0.24 millimeter