Chaetoceros peruvianus
Sample Date: 2009-04-16
Salinity in psu: 32.599998
Station: Gulf of Mexico transect, SSE of Terrebonne Bay, LA
Latitude: 28.868601
Longitude: -90.490303
Depth in Meters: 0
Microscope Magnification: 400 X
Camera Zoom: 2.00 X
Organism Size: 9.5 μm wide x 17.1 μm long (cell only)
Microscope Light: DIC (Differential Interference Contrast)
Preservative: None (Live)
Organism Comments: Note setae of upper valve arising from near center, turning sharply and running backward after short basal region
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