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English: Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. This is the startimage of the virtual microscope http://www.ecoscope.com/cybermic/index.htm of krill where you can click into details of the animal to get higher magnifications, like the gills, the feeding basket or the swimming legs, up to raster electron and transmission electron images, also some videos - there are many links to jumpoff sites for educators, like from the SCIENCE MAGAZINE. In natural hovering position - the red organs produce the bioluminescence - the hepatopancreas is filled with green phytoplankton, the food of krill, the strait gut in the back is filled with the empty shells of phytoplankton - in the front you see the compound eye
Français: Photo en gros plan d'un krill de l'Antarctique (Euphausia superba). Le site ecoscope propose un microscope virtuel qui permet d'explorer les divers organes de ce krill.
Basa Sunda: Hurang Antartika Euphausia superba. Ieu gambar minangka 'startimage' ti mikroskop virtual http://www.ecoscope.com/cybermic/index.htm hurang anu bisa diklik pikeun nempo gambar nu leuwih gedé, misalna insang atawa suku ojay nepi ka gambar transmisi éléktron, ogé sababaraha vidéo - aya tutumbu ka sababaraha loka, misalna ti kalawarta Science. Dina kaayaan keur ngalayang - organ-organ nu beureum ngahasilkeun bioluminesens - hépatopangkréas dieusi ku fitoplangton héjo, kadaharan hurang, beuteungna dieusi ku cangkang fitoplangton anu geus kosong - di hareup katempo panon majemuk
Date 2011-04-11 06:49 (UTC)
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