• azi@mander.xyz
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        7 hours ago

        It looks nothing like either a centric or pennate diatom

        • meyotch@slrpnk.net
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          7 hours ago

          Nonetheless it is in no way a phage. What might it be, do you think?

          I know it’s a joke meme, but I did not achieve my grand success in life by being ‘fun’. It’s just not my thing ;)

          • SoleInvictus
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            7 hours ago

            Probably a radiolarian skeleton. Check out pictures of the cornutella genus. The morphology and relative size to the tardigrades match up.

            Edit: score! Looking up tardigrade and cornutella together brought me to the source of the picture. I knew all that school was good for something. Here’s a screenshot because fuck Xitter: