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Shape Search2018-01-05T09:51:54+00:00
Shape Search (cell in a chain or colony)

Shapes are grouped according to common features. Scroll down to find the shape of the chain or colony you are trying to identify, then click on the grouping.

String of pearls, straight, curled, or spiral
C01_ShapeBB_Anabcirc1.gif C01_ShapeBB_Anabcirc2.gif C01_ShapeBB_Anabspiral.gif
Rods in a filament, straight or curved
C02_ShapeCC_Aphan.gif C02_ShapeCC_Cylindro.gif
Clump of round cells
C03_ShapeDD_Microcystis.gif
Rods radiating from a central point
C04_ShapeEE_Actinastrum.gif C04_ShapeEE_Asterionellopsis.gif C04_ShapeEE_Lioloma.gif
Rectangular cells arranged in zigzag or fan-shaped pattern
C05_ShapeFF_T_frauenfeldii.gif C05_ShapeFF_T_nitzschoides.gif
Squares or rectangles with projections in a chain
C06_ShapeGG_Lauderia.gif C06_ShapeGG_Odontella.gif C06_ShapeGG_Skeletonema2a.gif
Squares or rectangles in a chain with spines or horns
C07_ShapeHH_Dactfrag.gif C07_ShapeHH_Gdelicatula.gif C07_ShapeHH_Gstriata.gif C07_ShapeHH_Lithodesmium.gif
Rectangles in a chain without spines or horns
C08_ShapeII_Aulaco.gif C08_ShapeII_Lminimus.gif C08_ShapeII_Pn.gif C08_ShapeII_Stauropsis.gif C08_ShapeII_Streptotheca.gif
Rectangles in a chain separated by long projections
C09_ShapeJJ_Ecornuta.gif C09_ShapeJJ_Ezodiacus.gif C09_ShapeJJ_Hhauckii.gif
Squashed hamburgers" in a chain
C10_ShapeKK_Alexmon.gif
Squares or circles in a chain connected by a thread
C11_ShapeMM_Thalchain.gif
Checkerboard square
C12_ShapeAA_Merismopedia1.gif
Irregularly shaped colonies
C13_ShapeNN_Desmodesmus.gif C13_ShapeNN_Pediastrum.gif C13_ShapeNN_Scenedesmus.gif
Squares in a chain with setae
C14_ShapeOO_Chaetoceros.gif

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