Green-colored Algae without Flagella –
Archaeplastida (Part), SAR-Stramenopiles (Part)
Observations on Hydrodictyon reticulatum
Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Algae green-colored (1) / Archaeplastida / Chlorophyta / Chlorophyceae / Sphaeropleales / Hydrodictyaceae / Hydrodictyon reticulatum
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Hydrodictyon reticulatum (Linnaeus) Bory 1824
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Conferva reticulata Linnaeus 1753
Add’l Synonyms: Conferva reticulosa Linnaeus 1753
Byssus cancellata Linnaeus 1767
Byssus reticulata (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers 1780
Hydrodictyon utriculatum Roth 1800
Hydrodictyon pentagonum Vaucher 1803
Sampling date 06/2018.
Four images. Bloom of Hydrodictyon reticulatum.
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Place name: Wetland Seekamper Seewiesen in Schilksee (Kiel, Germany)
Latitude: 54.410447 Longitude: 10.159699
Camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII.
Sampling date 06/2018.
Two images. Networks of different ages. Networks of young cells are sac-like, they from older cells plate-like.
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Place name: Wetland Seekamper Seewiesen in Schilksee (Kiel, Germany)
Latitude: 54.410447 Longitude: 10.159699
Stereo microscope Zeiss STEMI SV6, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII.
Sampling date 09/2011. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1), 25 µm (2–6).
Six images. The images show the network of the hydrodictyon cells, close-ups of cells show the reticulate chloroplasts with several pyrenoids and nuclei (multi-nucleated cells).
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Place name: Lake Constance vicinity of Bodman (Germany)
Latitude: 47.796494 Longitude: 9.047656
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.
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