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Ceratium hirundinella
caption
Cysts of Ceratium are found in the water column during the exponential growth phase and sink to the sediments. Their shape is typical, with 3 horns and at least one red spot. The specimen was sampled from shallow water near the Kinneret Limnological Laboratory in April 2006.
author
aalster
copyright
Alla Alster & Tamar Zohary
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image notes
This image was taken by Alla Alster using an Olympus BX50 Microscope equipped with DIC optics.
