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DIVISION
Cyanobacteria
CLASS
Cyanophyceae
ORDER
Pseudanabaenales
FAMILY
Pseudanabaenaceae
GENUS
Planktolyngbya
SPECIES
Planktolyngbya contorta, (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis, Komárek , 1988
IMAGES
Synonyms
  • Lyngbya contorta : Lemmermann (1898)
Morphological Characteristics

Filaments solitary, free-floating, regularly or irregularly spirally or screw-like coiled, with nearly circular coils (trichomes). Sheaths firm, narrow, colourless. Trichomes cylilndrical, pale blue-green or greyish green, not constricted at cross-walls, not attenuated at the ends, rarely with solitary granules. Apical cell rounded, not attenuated.
 

 

Morphological Data
Distinctive morphometric characters
  • Cell Length: from 3 to 5 µm
  • Cell Width: from 1 to 1.5 µm
  • Width of trichome: from 1 to 2 µm
  • Width of sheaths: from 0.3 to 0.4 µm
Distribution
Planktic, in lakes of temperate zone, sometimes in salty waters (Baltic sea); known mainly from northern Europe.
 

Distribution:   as Lyngbya contorta Lemmermann

Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Aboal 1996), Sweden (Skuja 1948). North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010). Asia: Nepal (Rai, Rai & Jha 2010).

as Planktolyngbya contorta (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek

Europe: Baltic Sea (Hällfors 2004), Germany (Täuscher 2011, Täuscher 2014), Lithuania (Vitenaite 2001), Romania (Caraus 2012). North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010). South America: Brazil (Werner 2010). South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996). South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011). Australia and New Zealand: South Australia (Day et al. 1995).

 

Notes

Toxicity:

Not reported.

Resistence Stages:

Not reported.

References

Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species. Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95, Helsinki Commission Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, Hällfors G., 2004,

Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa / Freshwater Flora of Central Europe. 19/2. Cyanoprokaryota. 2. Teil/Part 2: Oscillatoriales., Spektrum Akademischer Verlag., Komarek J., Anagnostidis K., 2005, 1-760

Biovolumes and size-classes of phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea, HELCOM Balt.Sea Environ. Proc. No. 106, Olenina I., Hajdu S., Edler L., Andersson A., Wasmund N., Busch S., Göbel J., Gromisz S., Huseby S., Huttunen M., Jaanus A., Kokkonen P., Ledaine I. and Niemkiewicz E., 2006, 1-144

SHAPE
Shape Type
simple
Shape Unit
Filament of 100 µm
Cod:
3 - Cylinder
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