Closterium ehrenbergii

A green alga, Desmidiaceae at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Closterium ehrenbergii	10 Jan 2017	MichaelMulvaney
	Closterium ehrenbergii	26 Dec 2016	KenT

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User's notes

In water sample squeezed from vegetation at the edge of slow flowing seepage area. Specimen photographed was 22 µm across at widest point and 190 µm across the tips at the longest point.

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

11 Jan 2017

Steve skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "This appears, without measurements to be Closterium ehrenbergii, the Cl. malinversianum form or similar [I'm not a desmid expert!] 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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Location information

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
7 Dec 2016 02:10 PM Recorded on
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Algae, Cyanobacteria, other bacteria and viruses KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Closterium ehrenbergii Scientific name
A green alga, Desmidiaceae Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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Australian Capital Territory

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