Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Durvillaea antarctica honeycomb structure

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Original - Cross-sectional and cut-away views expose the honeycomb structure within these dried blades of bull kelp. Durvillaea antarctica is the only seaweed with this feature, which provides it with buoyancy and resilience against the pounding waves.
Reason
Good EV: shows a unique feature of this seaweed, the honeycomb-like structure within its blades
Articles in which this image appears
Durvillaea antarctica
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other lifeforms/Protists
Creator
Avenue

Not promoted Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:20, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]