Green-colored Algae without Flagella –
Archaeplastida (Part), SAR-Stramenopiles (Part)
Observations on Cladophora spec. zoospores
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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 (1), 25 µm (2, 3).
Three images. Zoospores in a mother cell.
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Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013 Longitude: 10.07120132
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF images.
Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1), 10 µm (2–4).
Four images. The zoospores have shed their flagella and are ready to form a new cell filament. Fourth image shows the nucleus
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Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013 Longitude: 10.07120132
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D E-M5 II. DOF images.
Scale bar indicates 50 µm.
A young Cladophora seedling.
Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013 Longitude: 10.07120132
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.
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