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Coscinodiscus (diatom)

Collected: Chesapeake Bay, VA (Rappahannock River)
Summer

Notes: Coscinodiscus is one of the largest of the diatoms. They appear as single round discs and may reach 1 mm in diameter.

Collected and photographed by: W. S. Johnson, Goucher College, Towson, MD.

Submitted by: W. S. Johnson
Goucher College


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