Stephanodiscus Ehrenberg 1845

Inside view of lacunate valve. Note the position of the fultoportula on a valve face stria, taking the place of an areola. Specimen from single cell culture from Cleveland Harbor, Cleveland, Ohio, by E. Theriot.

Scanning electron micrograph of interior of scutate valve. Note position of fultoportula in central area of valve face. Specimen from culture of cell isolated from Cleveland Harbor,  Cleveland, OH, USA, by E. Theriot.

Valvar view showing chitinous spines.Image courtesy Winfried Hölz, Hausen (Germany).Place name: Ponds near Hausen (Hessisch Lichtenau , Germany)  Latitude: 51.21453     Longitude: 9.868894© Wolfgang Bettighofer,images under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).For permission to use of (high resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.For further information about the image, please click here: Link to protisten.de page

Sampling date 07/2006. Scale bar indicates 10 µm.Place name: Lake McGregor, Southern Alps of New Zealand  Latitude: -43.93820336     Longitude: 170.47502518Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera  Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.© Wolfgang Bettighofer,images under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).For permission to use of (high resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.For further information about the image, please click here: Link to protisten.de page