Reddish-colored Algae without Flagella –
Archaeplastida – Rhodophyta
Observations on Compsopogon caeruleus
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Compsopogon caeruleus (Balbis ex C.Agardh) Montagne 1846
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Conferva caerulea Balbis ex C.Agardh 1824
Add’l Synonyms: Compsopogon hookeri Montagne 1846
Enteromorpha livida W.J.Hooker 1846
Pericystis aeruginosus J.Agardh 1847
Compsopogon chalybeus Kützing 1849
Compsopogon aeruginosus (J.Agardh) Kützing 1849
Compsopogon leptoclados Montagne 1850
Compsopogon lividus De Toni 1897
Compsopogon oishii Okamura 1915
Compsopogon minutus C.C.Jao 1941
Compsopogon iyengarii V.Krishnamurthy 1958
Compsopogonopsis leptoclados (Montagne) V.K.Krishnamurthy 1962
Compsopogon indicus Das 1963
Compsopogonopsis japonica Chihara 1976
Compsopogon lusitanicum M.P.Reis 1977
Compsopogon aeruginosus var. catenatum Yadava & Pandey 1980
Compsopogon corticrassus Chihara & Nakamura 1980
Compsopogon aegyptiacus A.A.Aleem 1981
Compsopogon prolificus Yadava & Kumano 1985
Compsopogon tenellus Y.J.Ling & S.L.Xie 1998
Scale bar indicates 250 µm (1).
Four images, three of them in a slide changer.
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Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013 Longitude: 10.07120132
(1): Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon 600D.
(2–4): Stereo microscope Zeiss STEMI SV6, camera Canon 600D.
Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Three images. Arrows point to cell nuclei, double-headed arrows to rhodoplasts.
Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!
Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013 Longitude: 10.07120132
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon 600D.
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