Microchaete grisea
Thuret
(Cyanobacteria formerly Blue Green Algae)
Organism information awaits expert curation
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Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Nostocales |
| Family: | Microchaetaceae |
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Description
Color: Dull green or pale blue-green
Thalli 150-300 µm in length, small, solitary or aggregate on other algae. Filaments 7-10 µm in diameter, decumbent at the base. Sheath hyaline, thin close. Trichome 4.5-7 µm in diameter, slightly bulbous at the base. Cells 2.5-5 µm in length, cross walls slightly constricted, heterocyst basal, generally spherical.
Color: Dull green or pale blue-green
Thalli 150-300 µm in length, small, solitary or aggregate on other algae. Filaments 7-10 µm in diameter, decumbent at the base. Sheath hyaline, thin close. Trichome 4.5-7 µm in diameter, slightly bulbous at the base. Cells 2.5-5 µm in length, cross walls slightly constricted, heterocyst basal, generally spherical.
Synonym (s)
• Microchaete grisea Thuret in Bornet & Thuret, 1880
• Microchaete grisea Thuret in Bornet & Thuret, 1880
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat: Coastal
Habitat: Coastal
Biogeography
• BAHRAIN
• INDIA
• MAURITIUS
• BAHRAIN
• INDIA
• MAURITIUS
Literature Source(s)
- Hussain, SM Brief report on biodiversity in the coastal areas of Pakistan p 113
- (2006) Algaebase Available at - http://www.algaebase.org/
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Silva, PC; Basson, PW and Moe, RL (1996) Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean University of California Press 79 1259 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
- Tseng, CK (Ed.) (1983) Common seaweeds of China Science Press 316 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
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