Image copulum.jpg | Species - Diatoms of North America

Glossary Term

Valvocopula | Cingulum
Caption

Scanning electron micrograph of both cingula of Staurosira construens with the bands of silica, the copulae, composing them. The arrows indicate the first copula, or valvocopula, of each cingulum.
Credit

Eduardo Morales

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