Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) with heterocysts; with equal diameter throughout hole length;
no branching; heterocysts intervening or at base.
Genus: Mucous sheath, nearly invisible; heterocysts intervening; filments solitary or agglutinate within a gelatinous matrix (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Anabaena cylindrica Lemmermann ?,
cell body μm long, 3.5-4.0 μm wide,
x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
