Calcareous Phytoplankton
by Natural History Museum, London/science Photo Library
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Calcareous Phytoplankton
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Natural History Museum, London/science Photo Library
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Calcareous phytoplankton. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the external mineralised structure (coccosphere) of a small marine algal organism called a coccolithophore (Scyphosphaera apsteinii). The coccosphere is made up of coccoliths, which are individual plates of calcite crystals.
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September 16th, 2018
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