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Images of Melosira undulata

(Ehrenb.) Kütz. 1844

Type Specimen
Melosira undulata LM4
  • Slide Number
    MDC 41-19
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Site Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    mantle view at 400X
  • Scalebar = 10 µm
Melosira undulata LM3
  • Slide Number
    MDC 41-19
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Site Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    mantle view with copulae
  • Scalebar = 10 µm
Melosira undulata LM1
  • Slide Number
    MDC 41-19
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Site Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    mantle view
  • Scalebar = 10 µm
Melosira undulata LM2
  • Slide Number
    MDC 41-19
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Site Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    mantle view
  • Scalebar = 10 µm
Melosira undulata LM5
  • Slide Number
    MDC 41-19
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Site Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    valve view
  • Scalebar = 10 µm
Melosira undulata LM6
  • Slide Number
    MDC 41-19
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Site Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    valve view with rimoportulae
  • Scalebar = 10 µm
Melosira undulata LM7
  • Slide Number
    MDC 41-19
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Site Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    valve view with rimoportulae
  • Scalebar = 10 µm
Melosira undulata SEM4
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    External openings of rimoportulae on mantle
  • Notes
    Note vertical striae composed of interconnected areolae.
  • Scalebar = 5 µm
Melosira undulata SEM3
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    Central area of valve exterior
  • Notes
    Note ring of 8 rimoportulae and central cluster of refractive spots.
  • Scalebar = 10 µm
Melosira undulata SEM2
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    Internal opening of rimoportula
  • Scalebar = 1 µm
Melosira undulata SEM1
  • Site ID
    MDC 492301
  • Name
    Giant Springs, Cascade County, Montana
  • Coordinates
    47.5350, -111.2278
  • Caption
    Oblique view of valve interior showing 5 rimoportulae on valve face and 5 on mantle
  • Scalebar = 10 µm