Protist Collection (page 3)

Nummulites gizehensis, giant foraminiferan
Shown here is a giant foraminiferan originating from the Eocene of Egypt. Foraminifera are amoeba-like, single-celled protistids and can still be found in abundance today

Calyptrolithophora papillifera, holococcolith
An SEM of a holococcolith, a nano-fossil, with flat top

Iridaea edulis, seaweed
Plate 78 from Algae Danmonienses : or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt. 1834-1840

Mesogloia multifida, seaweed
Plate 98 from Algae Danmonienses : or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt. Vol. 2 1834-1840

Entromorpha clathrata, seaweed

Punctaria plantaginea, seaweed
Plate 206 from Algae Danmonienses : or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt 1834-1840

Codium tomemtosus, seaweed
Plate 35 from Algae Danmonienses : or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt. 1834-1840

Rhodomenia reniformis, seaweed
Plate 19 from Algae Danmonienses : or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt. 1834-1840

Chorda lomentaria, seaweed
Plate from Algae Danmonienses: or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt. 1834-1840

Fucus crispus, kelp
Plate 217 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner

Fucus saccatus, kelp
Plate 241 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner

Fucus digitatus, kelp
Plate 162 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner

Ulva pavonia, alga
Plate 15 from Drawings of Submerged Algae (1800) by Mary Dawson Turner. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ulva lingulatam, alga
Plate 11 from Drawings of Submerged Algae (1800) by Mary Dawson Turner. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lycoperdon coliforme
Plate 1 from Drawings of Submerged Algae (1800) by Mary Dawson Turner. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Chorda filum, seaweed
Herbarium sheet from the collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Foraminiferal limestone
Nummulitic limestone made up of the hard parts of billions of foraminiferans

Thodomenia lacineata, seaweed
Plate 17 from Algae Danmonienses: or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt 1834-1840

Dictyota atomaria, seaweed

Chordaria flagellifornis, seaweed
Plate 57 from Algae Danmonienses : or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt. 1834-1840

Asperoccus turneri, seaweed
Plate 59 from Algae Danmonienses : or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt. 1834-1840

Fucus agarum, kelp
Plate 75 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume II, by Mary Dawson Turner

Chondus cripus, carrageen moss
Illustration from Algae Danmonienses: or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt; carefully named according to Dr. Hookers British Flora

Rhodophyta, Coralline algae
This specimen was collected by Charles Darwin in 1836 from Keeling Atoll, Indian Ocean

Raphiidonema faringdone, calcareous sponge
A vase-shaped calcareous sponge with numerous small canals from the Cretaceous of Berkshire, England

Coccoliths magnified a thousand times
An illustration of Coccoliths magnified a thousand times. Coccoliths are micro-fossils and feature heavily in the composition of chalk

Lichens result from an intimate relationship between a fungus and an alga; there are about 18, 000 species

Minakatella longifila, slime mould

Actinoptychus, diatom
Scanning electron microscope image of the exterior valve of the diatom Actinoptychus (x 500 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Chalk
A piece of flintless white chalk from the Upper Chalk, Flamborough, Yorks. Chalk is a sedimentary rock formed in deep seas

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