Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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.

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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.

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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.

Cladophora spec.

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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