from a salt marsh

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Crusty
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from a salt marsh

#1 Post by Crusty » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:40 pm

Does this look familiar to anybody? It lived in a salt marsh and was photographed at 400x. Thanks in advance.
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Re: from a salt marsh

#2 Post by hkv » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:46 pm

It appears to be a Diatom.
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Re: from a salt marsh

#3 Post by JimT » Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:55 pm

Definitely a live diatom. Did you see it move?
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Re: from a salt marsh

#4 Post by Crusty » Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:59 pm

It moved only slightly.
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