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Name derivation:
Classification:
Symphyonema  C.-C.Jao, 1944 Order Nostocales; Family Symphyonemaceae
Morphology:
Cells mostly longer than wide. Filaments uniseriate or multiseriate, forming branches by the division of cells perpendicularly to the main filament axis (true branching).
Similar genera:
Difficult to distinguish from Stigonema, and other true-branched cyanobacteria. Stigonema forms branches that may are multiseriate, while uniseriate branches dominate other genera.
Toxins:
Habitat:
Generally benthic in lakes.
References:
Jao, C.-C. (1944). Studies on the fresh-water algae of China. XIII. New Myxophyceae from Kwangsi. Sinensia 15: 75-90, pls 1, 2. Jung P., P. M. D’Agostino, B. Büdel and M. Lakatos. 2021. Symphyonema bifilamentata sp. nov., the Right Fischerella ambigua 108b: Half a Decade of Research on Taxonomy and Bioactive Compounds in New Light.