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Micrograph of a Simocephalus water flea in lateral view
2026-08-30
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0, as the museum states it.
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- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
A micrograph of a water flea of the genus Simocephalus in lateral view. The specimen was collected from a town pond in Rakvere, Estonia. The semi-transparent carapace reveals the internal anatomy: the digestive tract filled with bright orange content, pale storage deposits, and the dark compound eye with a reddish pigment spot. The branched swimming antennae with their long setae extend from the head. The image was taken under a microscope with an 8x objective using reflected light against a dark background. A focus stacking technique combining 77 exposures was applied to increase the depth of field.
