Turkish delight for scientists who discover a new type of algae
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 18:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- It is less than one hundredth of a millimeter in diameter and has a delicately sculptured silica shell - meet Clipeoparvus anatolicus, a microscopic alga of a diatom genus previously unknown to scientists.