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Lugol preservation

Image of Asterionella japonica

Description:

Cells are heteropolar with a triangular foot pole which narrows into a thin extension. Cells are connected by the valve faces of the foot poles into chains which are often star-shaped. A. glacialis can form extensive blooms. A. glacialis is a cosmpolitan species.

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