Stigeoclonium sp.

a green algae at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Stigeoclonium sp.	6 Sep 2016	MichaelMulvaney
	Chaetophoraceae	3 Sep 2016	KenT

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User's notes

Possibly a species of Stigeoclonium, maximum cell width to ten microns. Main image photographed with 20X objective, the remaining images photographed with 10X, 20X, 40X & 60X objectives. This filamentous algae was attached to a twig submerged in a swiftly flowing section of Paddy's River

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

7 Sep 2016

Stephen Skinner of the NSW Royal Botanic Gardens replied when I asked him to ID this species Much easier this time: Stigeoclonium species, and as the main axes are wider than the side branches, it probably fits S. helveticum. There is a paper on these in Australia in Telopea; Skinner, S. & Entwisle, T.J. (2004 a) Non-Marine Algae of Australia 5. Macroscopic Chaetophoraceae (Chaetophorales, Chlorophyta). Telopea 10: 613-633.
Well done to the photographer.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.961722 -35.367972
Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
1 Sep 2016 10:25 AM Recorded on
KenT Recorded by
Collections
Algae, Cyanobacteria, other bacteria and viruses KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Stigeoclonium sp. Scientific name
a green algae Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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