Subject: APK0005uro

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• by suzeroo

  Large and very cool looking #protist

  Posted January 6, 2016 8:30 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Lovely!

  Posted January 7, 2016 7:56 PM

• by beamreach

  If this is not a Solmaris viewed dorsally/ventrally, then I don't see any organism in the key that matches this plankter.

  Posted March 31, 2017 7:39 AM

• by suzeroo

  That really is a protist - it's actually round, like a ball, evenly covered with stiff spikes.

  Posted March 31, 2017 8:01 PM

• by suzeroo

  The body and spikes are made of calcium or other hard materials. Check out the website for "Plankton Chronicles" for great videos!

  Posted March 31, 2017 8:02 PM

• by suzeroo

  Forgot to say- you're right, protists aren't in the key because the scientists are only studying the organisms in the key.

  Posted March 31, 2017 8:56 PM

• by suzeroo

  But we often comment on the organisms that are so interesting!

  Posted March 31, 2017 8:57 PM