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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.
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
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current09:40, 23 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 09:40, 23 April 20121,869 × 1,269 (741 KB)Biopics (talk | contribs)wb
20:24, 11 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 20:24, 11 April 20111,869 × 1,269 (662 KB)Amada44 (talk | contribs)fixed boarder
07:03, 11 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 07:03, 11 April 20111,869 × 1,269 (621 KB)Amada44 (talk | contribs)color correction
22:07, 23 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 22:07, 23 January 2010591 × 459 (21 KB)Thesevenseas (talk | contribs)Uploaded Higher Quality Version
15:17, 3 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 15:17, 3 July 2005296 × 230 (11 KB)Uwe kils (talk | contribs)Antarctic krill Euphausia superba (Photo by Uwe Kils) larger images http://www.ecoscope.com/krill/index.htm this is the startimage of the virtual microscope of krill where you can click into details of the animal to get hi

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