Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Bryozoan, lophophorate animals that consist of microscopic zooids that form colonies. A thin crust is f

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Bryozoan, lophophorate animals that consist of microscopic zooids that form colonies. A thin crust is formed around each zooid consisting of a protein and mucopolysaccharide material than can be calcified. Magnification x16 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.

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Size: 3302px × 2646px
Photo credit: © DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 98395b, aquatic, bryozoa, bryozoan, calciferous, calcified, colonial, colony, colored, coloured, ectoprocta, electron, false-colored, false-coloured, invertebrate, invertebrates, lophophorate, marine, micrograph, mucopolysaccharide, polyzoa, salt, scanning, sea, sem, water, zooid