Pleurotaenium trabecula

Green Freshwater Algae at Paddys River, ACT

Pleurotaenium trabecula at Paddys River, ACT - 7 Dec 2016
Pleurotaenium trabecula at Paddys River, ACT - 7 Dec 2016
Pleurotaenium trabecula at Paddys River, ACT - 7 Dec 2016
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Pleurotaenium trabecula 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Pleurotaenium trabecula 26 Dec 2016 KenT

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In a water sample squeezed from vegetation at the edge of pond. If the identification is incorrect then it is likely to be a species of Pleurotaenium. General width of main body length was 16µm and length was 300µm.

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   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "a desmid, Pleurotaenium trabecula (Ehrenberg) Naegeli. There are a number of different intraspecific forms described.Please remember that these determinations are done without microscopic examination on my part; I don't know any measurements, and there is often little reproductive information in the pictures. I also don't have precise locations or any water data"

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