
Marine Copepod (pleuromamma Sp.) #2

by Science Photo Library
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Marine Copepod (pleuromamma Sp.) #2
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Science Photo Library
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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Marine copepod (crustacean, Pleuromamma sp.). Pleuromamma is genus of copepod from the family Metridinidae All species in the family can produce blue-green bioluminescence. The light is produced in glands whose position varies between genera in the family. Magnification x5.5 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.
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September 20th, 2018
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