Sighting 3360564
Zygnema sp.
A freshwater algae at Kowen, ACT
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| Zygnema sp. | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Oct 2016 | |
| Zygnema sp. | KenT | 1 Oct 2016 |
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User's notes
Growing in a farm/fire-fighting dam with likely to be near permanent water. First three sets of microscope images taken with 10x, 20x & 40x objectives, width of filaments 36 µm. Final set of microscope images show a protozoan epiphyte (possibly a choanoflagellate with a body length of 10 µm) and a dead algal cell that has been parasitized by what appear to be several chytrid fungi (colourless cells up to 15 µm diameter attached to outside of algal cell)
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.358778-35.324556
- Maps Kowen Woodland
- Places Kowen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 26 Sep 2016 01:44 PM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
Collections
- KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Zygnema sp. Algae, Cyanobacteria, other bacteria and viruses
Species information
- Zygnema sp. Scientific name
- A freshwater algae Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible