Bryozoans, polarized light micrograph. Bryozoans are tiny filter-feeding invertebrate animals that sieve food particles out of the water using retract

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Bryozoans, polarized light micrograph. Bryozoans are tiny filter-feeding invertebrate animals that sieve food particles out of the water using retractable lophophores, crowns of tentacles lined with hair-like cilia. Dark field illumination. Magnification: x100 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Size: 6917px × 4764px
Photo credit: © MAREK MIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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