Coleospermum goeppertianum (goppertianum) Kirch. ex Frank
- Dataset
- First report of diversity of Cyanobacteria of Broknes Peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Cyanobacteria
- class
- Cyanobacteriia
- order
- Cyanobacteriales
- family
- Microchaetaceae
- genus
- Coleospermum
- species
- Coleospermum goeppertianum
description
DESCRIPTION. — Filament mostly solitary, more or less straight or slightly curved; cells more or less short cylindrical, sometimes slightly lenticular, mostly separated from one another; heterocysts only basal, ovate, or globose or compressed globose; sheath thin, without lamellation (Fig. 8 O). DIMENSION. — Cells 3.6 - 5.8 µm broad; heterocysts 5.0 - 6.5 µm broad. ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Freshwater species; planktonic; temperature 0.5 ° C.