Sea cucumber plate. Coloured scanning electron micrograph of an ossicle (plate, orange) from a sea cucumber, surrounded by diatoms. The body structure

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Sea cucumber plate. Coloured scanning electron micrograph of an ossicle (plate, orange) from a sea cucumber, surrounded by diatoms. The body structure of sea cucumbers is supported by these intricate skeletal plates of silica or calcium. Magnification: x150 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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Size: 4453px × 3923px
Photo credit: © STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: anatomical, anatomy, animal, aquatic, biological, biology, bony, calcerous, calcium, colored, coloured, cucumber, diatom, diatoms, endoskeleton, false-coloured, fauna, holothurian, marine, mineralised, nature, ossicle, phytoplankton, plankton, plate, sea, sem, silica, silicate, skeletal, support, supportive, wildlife, zoological, zoology