Glossary
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Girdle view
Girdle view is the appearance of a frustule when the girdle (cincture) and the mantles of attached valves are in view. It is the view of the frustule when the girdle is perpendicular to the observer.
See also valve view, cincture, and girdle.
Image Credit: Eduardo Morales
Image Credit: Mark Edlund
Image Credit: Marina Potapova
Image Credit: Eduardo Morales
An SEM image showing the ultrastructure of the frustule of Staurosirella pinnata in girdle view.
Image Credit: Mark Edlund
Two live cells of Pinnularia with the frustules shown in girdle view.
Image Credit: Marina Potapova
Light micrographs of Hippodonta capitata, with a girdle view on the left and valve view on the right.