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Micrasterias Rotata

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Description:

Single-celled green algae, Order: Desmidiales

Habitat:

Shallow pond in rural SW Pennsylvania

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Desmidiales

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Comments (9)
William_Dembowski
It is a great big beautiful little world out there! (If that makes any sense)
YukoChartraw
Beautiful! You have no idea how much I want to get myself a microscope and run to a poor woman's rain forest now!
William_Dembowski
Thank you both for your comments. I'm sorry for the long delay in responding; got sidetracked. Will definitely be posting more.
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
hahaha! poor man´s rain forest - I love that. In a drop pond water there are probably more species than in my garden. :)
William_Dembowski
Yes. Pond water is the poor man's rain forest and every drop is a new adventure.
Isabela
How wonderful nature is even at this size!

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PublishedApril 17, 2011

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