Field Guide     PROTOCTISTA  

Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

PROTOCTISTA
foraminiferans, amoeba, algae, diatoms

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giant agglutinated foraminiferan
Astrammina rara

calcareous foraminiferan
Cibicides refulgens

arborescent agglutinated foraminiferan

giant arborescent agglutinated foraminiferan
Notodendrodes hyalinosphaira

giant arborescent agglutinated foraminiferan
Notodendrodes antarctikos

testate amoeba Gromia oviformis



red algae Phyllophora antarctica

coralline algae

under-ice filamentous algae

diatoms


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