Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Coleochaete spec.

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Coleochaete Brébisson, 1844

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Coleochaete spec.

Sampling date 05/2011. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Cells grown on a microscope slide.
Coleochaete is a highly developed member of the algal section of Chloroplastida. Cells lying side by side are connected by plasmodesmata for communication and nutrient distribution. 

Place name: Creek in Oder valley 100 km north east of Berlin (Germany) 
Latitude: 53.135032     Longitude: 14.348738

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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