dinoflagellate - to the left you can see the flagellum.
the guide I am looking at IDs this as "Ceratium linearum gamete"
http://www.cosee-west.org/oceanglobe/pdf/guide_plankton1.pdf
dinoflagellate - to the left you can see the flagellum.
the guide I am looking at IDs this as "Ceratium linearum gamete"
http://www.cosee-west.org/oceanglobe/pdf/guide_plankton1.pdf
"Valves of adjacent D. pumila cells do not touch, and thus have a gap between cells. Valves of adjacent L. annulata cells do touch." At http://www.eos.ubc.ca/research/phytoplankton/diatoms/centric/lauderia/l_annulata.html