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Mikrofotol on kõrvuti kaks karpvähilist ehk ostrakoodi (Ostracoda)
2025-06-01
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
A micrograph showing two ostracods (Ostracoda), also known as seed shrimp, side by side. These specimens were collected from a common urban pond in Rakvere, Estonia. These tiny, bean-shaped crustaceans have their bodies entirely enclosed within a protective bivalved shell. The use of reflected light clearly highlights the shell's distinctive surface texture, color patterns, and the fine sensory hairs (setae) along the margins. A unique feature of these animals is that their eye is located inside the shell, looking through a transparent section of the wall. The image was captured using an 8x objective and focus stacking technique to ensure sharp detail across the curved surfaces of the subjects.
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