The cells of the bluegreen alga (or ) Merismopedia are arranged in a square plate lying in a mucilaginous envelope. The indicates 50 µm. Collected from Bodden, the brackish waters lying between the isles of Hiddensee and Ruegen (German Baltic Sea). This image was taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.
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