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Desmid

Genus: Closterium

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Habitat:

Shallow pond in rural SW Pennsylvania

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Comments (3)
drP
I meant to ask if you could see them moving--it's so cool.
William_Dembowski
And they move ... somewhere between Brownian movement and dancing.
drP
Nice photo. I like that you can see the crystals in the terminal vacuoles.

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PublishedMay 19, 2013

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