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Home / Cyanobacteria / Filaments / Pseudo-branches / Coleodesmium |
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Classification: |
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Coleodesmium Borzì ex Geitler 1942; 1 of 2 species descriptions is currently recognized taxonomically (Guiry 2013).Order Nostocales; Family Microchaetaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Fascicles of filaments with false branches arising at the location of heterocysts. Lack false branches (aerotopes). Dense sheaths, often laminated. Variable color of both cells and sheaths. |
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater epiphytes. |
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References: |
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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 Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 January 2013.
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