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Shape Search2018-01-05T09:51:54+00:00
Shape Search (single cell)

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

Round or square with setae
S01_ShapeA_bacteriastrum.gif S01_ShapeA_bacteriastrum2.gif S01_ShapeC_Chaet.gif S01_ShapeC_Cpendulus.gif S01_ShapeC_eugtails.gif
Round or oval without spines or projections
S02_ShapeB_Actinoptychus.gif S02_ShapeB_Asteromphalus.gif
Square or slightly elongate with spines or projections
S03_ShapeC_Lauderia.gif S03_ShapeC_Odontella.gif S03_ShapeC_Skeletonema4.gif
Square, rectangular, or slightly elongate, without spines or projections
S04_ShapeD_Asterio.gif S04_ShapeD_Aulaco.gif S04_ShapeD_Lepto.gif S04_ShapeD_Pseudo.gif S04_ShapeD_Stauropsis4.gif S04_ShapeD_Streptotheca.gif
Rectangular with spines or projections
S05_ShapeE_Cerataulina.gif S05_ShapeE_Dactfrag.gif S05_ShapeE_Ditylum.gif S05_ShapeE_Eucampia_zo.gif S05_ShapeE_Guinardia_de.gif S05_ShapeE_Guinardia_st.gif S05_ShapeE_Hemiaulus.gif S05_ShapeE_Lithodesmium4.gif
Rectangular, rounded or pointed, without spines or projections
S06_ShapeF_Diploneis.gif S06_ShapeF_Entomoneis.gif S06_ShapeF_Navicula4.gif S06_ShapeF_Pleuro.gif
Ovoid cells with lobes
S07_ShapeG_Akashiwo.gif S07_ShapeG_Cochlo.gif S07_ShapeG_Karenia.gif S07_ShapeG_papilionacea.gif S07_ShapeG_selliformis.gif
Elongate, pointed or rounded
S08_ShapeH_Amphidinium.gif S08_ShapeH_Gyrod.gif S08_ShapeH_Oxytoxum4.gif S08_ShapeH_Torod.gif
Ovoid cells with spines or projections
S09_ShapeI_Gonyaulax.gif S09_ShapeI_Protoperid1.gif
Armored, ovoid cells without spines or projections
S10_ShapeJ_Alexan4.gif S10_ShapeJ_Lingulo.gif S10_ShapeJ_Scripsiella.gif
Ovoid cells with rounded top and/or bottom, without spines
S11_ShapeK_Arrowhead.gif S11_ShapeK_niei.gif S11_ShapeK_rotundata.gif S11_ShapeK_triquetra.gif
Ovoid cells with rounded top and/or bottom, with spines
S12_ShapeL_gracile.gif S12_ShapeL_Pcomp.gif S12_ShapeL_Pmicans.gif S12_ShapeL_Pminimum.gif S12_ShapeL_Pscut.gif
Ovoid cells with prominent cingular and sulcal lists
S13_ShapeM_Dinophysis.gif S13_ShapeM_Dinophysis_caud.gif
Elongate oval, with or without flagella
S14_ShapeN_Euglena.gif S14_ShapeN_Raphido.gif
Extremely elongate and straight
S15_ShapeO_Cylindro.gif S15_ShapeO_Lioloma.gif S15_ShapeO_Ncurvy.gif S15_ShapeO_Proboscia.gif S15_ShapeO_Pseudo-so.gif S15_ShapeO_Rhizo_imbr.gif S15_ShapeO_setigera.gif
With two or more straight or curved horns or lobey projections
S16_ShapeP_Brachydinium.gif S16_ShapeP_fusus.gif S16_ShapeP_hircus.gif S16_ShapeP_macroceros.gif S16_ShapeP_Oxyphysis.gif S16_ShapeP_Oxytoxumsco.gif S16_ShapeP_Pselio.gif S16_ShapeP_tripos.gif
Oval or irregularly shaped with internal silica structure
S17_ShapeQ_Dictyocha.gif S17_ShapeQ_Ebria.gif S17_ShapeQ_Silico.gif
Round, oval, or slipper-shaped, with or without flagella
S18_ShapeR_flagellate1.gif S18_ShapeR_flagellate2.gif S18_ShapeR_zooflag4.gif
Ovoid or elongate cells with cilia
S19_ShapeS_ciliate1.gif S19_ShapeS_ciliate2.gif S19_ShapeS_Myrionecta.gif
Large ovoid cell with tentacle
S20_ShapeT_Noctiluca.gif
Square or round (small centrics in both orientations)
S21_ShapeU_centric1.gif S21_ShapeU_centric2.gif

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