#silicious microfossil

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Rhaphoneis amphiceros  - Diatom found in clay sediment at Texel, Netherlands (Source: original by micromademacro)

Is it a lemon or a lime?

[micromademacro]

Surirella fastuosa - Diatom found in clay sediment at Texel, Netherlands (Source: original by micromademacro)

Like an underwater mini-woodlouse, a bit. What do you guys think?

[micromademacro]

Eucampia antarctica - from a sample taken from a sediment core collected near the island of South Georgia near Antarctica. A couple of Fragilariopsis kerguelensis can also be seen in the photograph.                                      (Source: original by micromademacro)

Yes, it is also jokingly called 'the pair of pants'.