Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt
Scanning electron micrograph of the silica cell wall. The raphe is composed of the two slits that run along the apical axis of the cell. The cell secretes mucopolysaccarides through the raphe .
Photographer: Sarah Sapulding
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