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Schizothrix (Cyanophyceae)

Schizothrix sp.
Image modified from Entwisle

Schizothrix sp.
Image modified from Entwisle

Schizothrix tenuis Woronichin 1923 (labeled arenaria where originally posted online); diameter 0.8 to 1.5 µm (Geitler 1932).
Photograph posted online at “Soft-bodied Stream Algae of California”

Geitler, L. 1932. Cyanophyceae. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.h. Leipzig (1196 pp).

Schizothrix antarctica Fritsch 1917
Modified from sketch by Seaburg et al (1979) from the collection of Manfred Bölter, University of Kiel, DE

Seaburg, K.G., B.C. Parker, G.W. Prescott & L.A. Whitford 1979 The algae of Southern Victoria land, Antarctica. Bibl Lichenol, Vol 46, J Cramer, Vaduz

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