Identify that alga:
Web-based key to genera -2: Filaments
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unbranched cyanobacteria (search5) |
branched cyanobacteria (search6) |
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attached, flat plate (search13) |
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Colonies and coenobia : Cyanobacteria (search21) |
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Unicells (under development) |
non-flagellate cells without case (under development) |
in silica case = diatoms (under development) |
flagellate cells (under development) |
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no chloroplast: |
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Schizomeris | |||
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Chloroplast absent (cyanobacterium)* | ||||
Chloroplast an axile band or plate | ||||
Chloroplast a parietal band (circles round periphery of cell) | ||||
Chloroplast(s)disc-shaped | ||||
Chloroplast stellate (star-shaped) | ||||
Chloroplast a dense network* | ||||
*If the chloroplast shape is not distinguishable, there may not be one, or it may be too dense: check all possibilities further | ||||
John Kinross