Colorized image of a Diploneis in SEM.

Diploneis species from a recent sample on the SEM. I've colorized it (SEMs don't use light, so no color).

#SciArt #Diatoms #Diploneis

It's quite rare to get a #Holocene #diatom sample that appears to contain only one species, but this borehole sample, obtained during ground works in southeast England, seems to only contain #Diploneis didyma! It's a marine-brackish mud-loving diatom, often associated with mudflat settings 🔬🔬😍👍

Sharing a few old favourite posts from X.

Its not common to encounter a #diatom sample in which the assemblage is almost wholly dominated by a single species. Behold my personal favourite, #Diploneis interrupta! A marine-brackish aerophile, common in the supratidal zone around Mean High Water. 😁😊🔬