Chaetoceros socialis
Sample Date: 2009-03-19
Salinity in psu: 23.6
Station: Gulf of Mexico transect, W of the mouth of the Atchafalaya River, LA
Latitude: 29.273331
Longitude: -91.616669
Depth in Meters: 0
Microscope Magnification: 400 X
Camera Zoom: 1.80 X
Organism Size: 9.5 μm wide x 5.7 μm long (one cell)
Microscope Light: DIC (Differential Interference Contrast)
Preservative: None (Live)
Organism Comments: Note the long seta of one cell (the long seta of the other cell is broken off) directed toward the inside of the chain while the others are directed backward
General Comments: