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June 2006
Hi everyone,
I'm posting this on behalf of Tracey Davey (Newcastle University, UK).
Could anyone help with the identification of this microorganism?
The specimen is from a water sample collected off the coast of Northumberland (UK). The scanning electron microscope photo has been slightly colored in Photoshop.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Best regards,
-jane

Jane Dolven 2006/06/19

Unknown microorganism.
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... due to its size. What looks like spines might be symbionts.
In case you have enough time, look here
http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/

Peter A. Cejchan (2006/06/21)

Could it be the inner part of a statolith from a shrimp?

JP Caulet (2006/07/09)

I have similar one...

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I found similar speciments in cretaceous radiolarian bearing rock from Sulawesi island, Indonesia.

munasri (2006/09/25)

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