Green-colored Algae without Flagella –
Archaeplastida (Part), SAR-Stramenopiles (Part)

Observations on Cladophora spec.

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Cladophora Kützing, 1843

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Scale bars indicate 100 µm (3), 25 µm (4,5).

Five images.

First and second:	Algal threads of the genus Cladophora covered with diatoms.
Third:	Cladophora together with Ellerbeckia (diatom).
Fourth:	The focus is on the parietal and reticular chloroplast with numerous pyrenoids.
Fifth:	The optical cross section shows that the cells of Cladophora are polynucleid (arrowheads).

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Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013 Longitude: 10.07120132

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

The image shows the parietal and reticulate chloroplasts synoptically.

Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013 Longitude: 10.07120132

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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Observations on Cladophora spec.

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