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Amphora

From the collection Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP)

Description of Amphora: Raphid diatom, typically with raphe curved as a 'c', valves may be strongly arched, with a well developed mantle on the dorsal side; intercalary bands often numerous. One two or four chloroplasts. The name comes from a two-handled jar with a narrow neck used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to carry wine or oil.

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Amphora in this collection

Amphora
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Amphora in other collections

Amphora ovalis, from Images of Alessandro Bertoglio	Sethamphora favosa, from Haeckel's Challenger radiolaria	Sethamphora microstoma, from Haeckel's Challenger radiolaria	Sethamphora costata, from Haeckel's Challenger radiolaria	Dictyocephalus amphora, from Haeckel's Challenger radiolaria
Sethamphora costata (2), from Haeckel's Challenger radiolaria	Tiarospyris amphora, from Haeckel's Challenger radiolaria	Cyrtocalpis amphora, from 1862 monograph on Radiolaria by Ernst Haeckel	Amphora, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska	Amphora, from Marine microbes - NW Australia
Amphora, from Marine microbes - NW Australia	Amphora, from Freshwater microbes - NW Australia	Amphora, from Little Sippewissett salt marsh, Massachusetts, USA	Amphora, from Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006
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