Sighting 3368361
Pleurotaenium trabecula
Green Freshwater Algae at Paddys River, ACT
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| Pleurotaenium trabecula | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Jan 2017 | |
| Pleurotaenium trabecula | KenT | 26 Dec 2016 |
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User's notes
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.
1 comment
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"
Location information
- Coordinates 149.027167-35.460278
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2016 09:02 AM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
Collections
- KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pleurotaenium trabecula Algae, Cyanobacteria, other bacteria and viruses
Species information
- Pleurotaenium trabecula Scientific name
- Green Freshwater Algae Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible