Lyngbya confervoide, C.Agardh, 1824

Gupta, Pratibha, 2021, First report of diversity of Cyanobacteria of Broknes Peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (15), pp. 241-251 : 247

Lyngbya confervoide s C.Agardh ex Gomont

Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7, 15: 136 ( Gomont 1892). Desikachary, Cyanophyta 314, t. 49, f. 9 & t. 52, f. 13 ( Desikachary 1959). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 2: Oscillatoriales 19 (2): 623, f. 945 ( Komárek & Anagnostidis 2005).

DESCRIPTION. — Filament almost straight; sheath colourless, homogenous, later becoming slightly thicker, lamellated; trichome olive-green or blue-green, usually not constricted at the cross-walls, cross-walls granulated, not attenuated at the end; apical cell rounded, calyptra absent ( Fig. 8H ).

DIMENSION. — Trichome 7.6-12.0 µm broad and cells 2.0-3.8 µm long.

ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Marine species; wet rocks; temperature 3.5°C.

Figures

FIG. 8. — Cyanoprokaryotes of Broknes Peninsula. A, Chroococcus minutus (Kütz.) Nägeli; B, Gloeocapsa biformis Ercegovic; C, Cyanosarcina burmensis Skuja, D, Oscillatoria anguina (Bory) Gomont; E, Oscillatoria curviceps C.Agardh ex Gomont; F, Oscillatoria limosa C.Agardh ex Gomont; G, Planktothrix rubescens (DC. ex Gomont) Anagn. & Komárek; H, Lyngbya confervoides C.Agardh ex Gomont; I, Phormidium ambiguum Gomont; J, Phormidium bekesiense (I.Kiss) K.Kiss,; K, Oscillatoria jenensis G.Schmid; L, Phormidium subfuscum Kütz. ex Gomont; M, Oscillatoria tenuis C.Agardh ex Gomont; N, Aulosira fritschii Bharadwaja; O, Coleospermum goeppertianum (goppertianum) Kirch. ex Frank; P, Stigonema mesentericum Geitler. Scale bars: A, N, O, 30 µm; B, C, F, I, L, 10 µm; D, E, G, H, J, K, M, P, 20 µm.