image_list image_listE

Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Synechococcaceae

 Aphanothece sp.

Aphanothece Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: A colony of elliptical cells; each cell without a sheath or with a thin sheath, both ends of the cells spherical, not curved (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Aphanothece sp. (or Aphanocapsa ?), cell body nearly spherical, 4 μm in diam., x 640, rice field near Imou marsh, Toyohashi city, Aichi Pref., Japan, September 11, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
xxxx xxxx

Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright Protist Information Server