Biota

This specimen was collected in the Coral Sea in 139 m. of water. Image courtesy of Stefan Revets. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res. 23:254-266 and is used with permission.

This Lower Pliocene fossil foram was found in New Zealand. Image courtesy of Stefan Revets. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res. 23:254-266 and is used with permission.

This Lutetian (Eocene) fossil foram was found outside Paris. Image courtesy of Stefan Revets. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res. 23:254-266 and is used with permission.

This fossil foram was found in Lutetian (Eocene) strata. Image courtesy of Stefan Revets. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res. 23:254-266 and is used with permission.

This fossil foram was found in Lutetian (Eocene) strata. Image courtesy of Stefan Revets. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res. 23:254-266 and is used with permission.

This foram was collected in deep water (900 m) off the coast of North Carolina. Image courtesy of Stefan Revets. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res. 23:254-266 and is used with permission.

This foram was collected off Los Testigos Island, Venezuela. Image courtesy of Stefan Revets. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res. 23:254-266 and is used with permission.

Sampling date 05/2010. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.Two images. Specimens grown on a slide. The slide was suspended in water for three days.Diplosigopsis is a tiny Choanoflagellate with a lorica which is mounted without stalk on the substratum. Gradually the lorica becomes opaque due to stocked iron or manganese compounds. First:Overview.Second:Close-up showing a collar (arrowhead), loricas (double arrowhead), and an optical cross section through a lorica showing the protoplast (arrow).Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!Place name: Creek in Oder valley 100 km north east of Berlin (Germany)Latitude: 53.135032     Longitude: 14.348738Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.© Wolfgang Bettighofer,images under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).For permission to use of (high resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.For further information about the image, please click here: Link to protisten.de page

Sampling date 05/2010. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.Two images. Specimens grown on a slide. The slide was suspended in water for three days.Diplosigopsis is a tiny Choanoflagellate with a lorica which is mounted without stalk on the substratum. Gradually the lorica becomes opaque due to stocked iron or manganese compounds. First:Overview.Second:Close-up showing a collar (arrowhead), loricas (double arrowhead), and an optical cross section through a lorica showing the protoplast (arrow).Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!Place name: Creek in Oder valley 100 km north east of Berlin (Germany)Latitude: 53.135032     Longitude: 14.348738Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.© Wolfgang Bettighofer,images under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).For permission to use of (high resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.For further information about the image, please click here: Link to protisten.de page