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

Observations on Oedogonium spec.

Position in the EOL taxonomic tree. Please click on the tree view below to access EOL (Encyclopedia of Life).

Oedogonium Link ex Hirn, 1900

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

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Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1, 2), 25 µm (3).

Three images. Fixation element (holdfast) of an Oedogonium filament.

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

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D E M5 MKII. DOF images.

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Three images. Fixation element (holdfast) of an Oedogonium filament.
The first image shows the parietal chloroplasts synoptically, the second is an optical cross section with a focus on the cell nuclei.

Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!

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

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D E M5 MKII. DOF images.

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Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Two images. The first image shows the parietal chloroplasts synoptically, the second is an optical cross section with a focus on the cell nuclei.

Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!

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

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 70D. DOF images.

Sampling date 08/2010. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Oedogonium forms unbranched filaments which are attached on stones or plants. After each binary fission the axial cells get rib-like marks on the cell wall. So the number of „ribs“ indicate the number of divisions the cell has undergone.

Place name: River Eider near Achterwehr (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.308254 Longitude: 9.953706

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

Sampling date 08/2010. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Oedogonium cell showing the nucleus.

Place name: River Eider near Achterwehr (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.308254 Longitude: 9.953706

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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Observations on Oedogonium spec.

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