Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Nephrochlamys rostrata

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

Nephrochlamys rostrata Nygaard, Komárek, J.Kristiansen & O.M.Skulberg 1986

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

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Sampling date 06/2022. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Four images.

The cells of this species usually are solitary. The images show cells grouped after binary fission by the old cell wall of the mother cell.

First:Top layer showing upper cell walls.
Second:First optical cross-section.
Third and forth:Two identical pictures, the first without, the second with arrows:
Bottom layer showing nucleus of one cell (arrowhead), the old cell wall of the mother cell (double arrowhead), and chloroplasts (arrow).

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Place name: Pond in the forest of Altenholz-Stift (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) 
Latitude: 54.384913     Longitude: 10.125691

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

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