elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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Any thoughts on this gorgeous object? It looks a bit like a dinocyst from the dinoflagellate genus Brigantedinium, but might be too big? My other thought is a flatworm egg of some kind. What do you think?
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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I’m really not sure about this one. It’s pretty raggedy and beat-up. I’m wondering, could this be foraminifera Procerolagena multilaterata? I need to make friends with a #foram expert to check my #foraminifera IDs! Anyone willing to be my go-to scientist?
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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I’m still none the wiser about these mysteries. Flatworm eggs? Foraminifera? If you can shed any light on to these beauties, please share your knowledge! There are 2 individuals here. Pic 1 is one fella, and pics 2 and 3 are the other fella (who appears to have a spiky surface).
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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I’m super excited by this one. I think, I _think_, this is Amphitetras antediluviana, a new-to-me species of diatom from Cromer. I ADORE their cubic form 🎁 (yes more geometry!)
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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Oh the wondrous geometry of diatoms! This fabulous triangular number is Triceratium favus.
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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Can anyone shed any light on this little mystery? Too big to be the diatom Cylindrotheca closterium, my second guess is a dinoflagellate (perhaps Amphisolenia sp.?). What do you think? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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Oooo! New (to me) things! I think these are some dinocysts of the Polykrikos genus of dinoflagellates. If you think different, let me know! #alwayslearning
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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So glad this diatom species is back in my samples. I don’t know why I love Ditylum brightwellii, but I do!
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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A lovely ladder of colonial diatom Bellerochea malleus.
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
467 followers · 614 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukA marine mite amongst the sand and diatoms. I’m digging his outfit - very funky!
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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Twisty twisty! This colonial diatom Asterionellopsis glacialis is increasing in my samples. It has been known to bloom around here so it’ll be interesting to see how, when, and if that happens this year.
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
465 followers · 611 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukI could watch the ballet of colonial diatom Bacillaria paxilliferea for hours. Mesmerising!
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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This was a weird one. So pretty and I’d never seen anything like it! The wonderful @microbe_guru over on insta came to my rescue once more and informed me it is a Radiosperma - a protist. I know nothing about them, so I’m off to read a paper.
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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A mystery! Anyone know what this might be? Plankton sample, North Norfolk, UK (North Sea). Fixed with Lugols
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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This is the first time I’ve seen Thalassiosira eccentrica as a joined pair! Can you see the little thread between them joining them together? It’s the little things that get me excited!
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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More new-to-me species! I’m thinking this diatom is Aulacodiscus argus. Time to do my new species dance! 🕺
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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The diversity of my samples is definitely on the up! 😍 My first Triceratium favus (a diatom) in valve and girdle view.
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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This is super pretty and I _think_ it’s my first Bolivinitidae (family) Foraminifera! Let me know if you can get it to genus (or even species!).
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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This species seems to be increasing in my samples at the moment - Asterionellopsis glacialis
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
463 followers · 583 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukA time lapse of what I think is a Gastropod embryo. I loved watching this, I hope you do too!
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