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Mystery Micrograph #12

By Psi Wavefunction on Friday, January 08, 2010
They're back! You probably know the drill by now...

To be referenced later; bar = 10um
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8 comments:

  1. Mark PattersonJanuary 10, 2010 at 5:49:00 PM PST

    A foram? Looks like one from the Peneroplid group.

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  2. Psi WavefunctionJanuary 11, 2010 at 1:41:00 AM PST

    I totally meant it to look like a foram! =P

    But no, sorry!

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  3. Psi WavefunctionJanuary 12, 2010 at 12:47:00 PM PST

    It might be related to forams though...

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  4. Lab RatJanuary 18, 2010 at 1:33:00 AM PST

    A very small nautilus!

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  5. Psi WavefunctionJanuary 18, 2010 at 10:45:00 PM PST

    =D Yeah, a baby Nautilus!








    That would be really cute. Unfortunately, this is not a Nautilus. Unless those exist in a flagellated form somehow? (see arrow /hint)

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  6. Psi WavefunctionJanuary 21, 2010 at 8:45:00 AM PST

    Oh come on, but this is such a cute and confusing-looking little organism!

    It's biflagellate.

    Would you like a different angle of this thing then? It'll be -really- obvious then though. Well, obvious if you've heard about the organism before...

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  7. Mike LewinskiJanuary 21, 2010 at 2:42:00 PM PST

    A Dinoflagellate?

    I've probably put a good half hour or more into this one. That's as close as I can come. It's probably too small to be Noctiluca, but based on appearance alone that was an early favorite.

    /stumped (but easily stumped)

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  8. Psi WavefunctionJanuary 24, 2010 at 6:16:00 PM PST

    Good try (considering the flagella too) but no, sorry.

    You guys need some help, eh? I'll either post more SEMs, or maybe get someone to try to rescue us =P

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