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August 2009
Hi!
A 'Rad- ical' question: is this a rad and if so who is it?

I've found a bunch of these (1 per litre) in surface (0-100 m) layer
samples from the eastern Med. from last September. So far everyone has
drawn a blank! Dave Caron suggested it might be a rad. The specimen was
fixed in Lugol's (hence the redish tinge of the cytoplasm).

Cheers
John


John R. Dolan
Marine Microbial Ecology
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
Station Zoologique
BP 28
06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer
France

John R. Dolan 2009/08/10

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