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Diatoms of North America
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Neidium_sp2_L-9-59.jpg
Glossary Term
Primary side
Caption
Light micrograph of a species of
Neidium
from Iowa. The two arrows indicate the Voigt discontinuities, formed by the incomplete joining of the secondary side during valve formation.
Credit
Steve Main