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Name derivation:

 

 

Classification:

Lemmermanniella  Geitler  1942;  all five described species are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).

Order Synechococcales;  Family Synechococcaceae

 

Morphology:

Small hollow colonies of spherical or subsphaerical cells on the periphery of colored mucilage.

 

Similar genera:

 

 

Habitat:

Meso- to eutrophic lakes in southern Norway and Sweden, Denmark, northern Germany and Slovakia.

 

References:

Geitler, L. (1942). Schizophyta: Klasse Schizophyceae. In:  Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Sweite Auflage. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds) Vol.1b, pp. 1-232.  Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.

Guiry, M.D.  in Guiry, M.D. and G.M Guiry  2013.  AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.  http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 February 2013.