Freshwater group portrait of Microorganisms - by Wim van Egmond, The Netherlands
 

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  These are the freshwater windows of the art work in the Natuurmuseum in Rotterdam. Most obvious is the long filamentous algae Spirogyra. You can also see a hydra trying to catch a waterflea. Several species of desmids, diatoms and rotifers show the variey of forms in these groups. 

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