Triangular diatom from an antique prepared slide

Triceratium morlandii, a diatom from Otago, New Zealand, imaged in a prepared slide by H.J. Baker. This is a fossil species with no living examples. Phase contrast light microscopy with the background replaced in Photoshop.
September 14, 2023

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Submitted by: Larry Gouliard, Jr., independent microscopist, Pekin, IL