Aphanothece densa Lemes-da-Silva, Branco & Necchi-Júnior (2010: 917)

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.646.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14279636

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scientific name

Aphanothece densa Lemes-da-Silva, Branco & Necchi-Júnior (2010: 917)
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Aphanothece densa Lemes-da-Silva, Branco & Necchi-Júnior (2010: 917) ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 :M).

Colonies round to irregular, 12.3–45.01 µm diam., without sub-colonies. Sheath firm, thin, 0.54–0.82 µm wide, non-lamellate, hyaline. Cells densely disposed, oblong, 2.04–4.37 µm diam., 3.22–4.96 µm long. Without individual envelopes. Cell content homogenous, bright green.

Habitat:— Dry tree bark associated to Chlorogloea sp.1 and Chroococcidiopsis sp.1 .

Studied material:— PEUFR55795

Lemes-da-Silva, N. M., Branco, L. H. Z. & Necchi-Junior, O. (2010) New aerophytic morphospecies of Cyanobacteria from tropical forest fragments in northwestern Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 24: 916 - 923. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0102 - 33062010000400006

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FIGURE 7. A–B. Plectolyngbya sp.1; C–D. Plectolyngbya sp.2; E. Aphanocapsa sp.; F–G. Tricocholeus acutissimus; H–J. Tricocholeus sp.; K–L. Schizothriz telephoroides; M. Aphanothece densa; N–O. Aphanothece pallida; P. Aphanothece sp.; Q. Gloeothece samoensis; R. Asterocapsa divina. Scale bar: 50 μm (N); 5 μm (Q; R); 10 μm (to the others).

Kingdom

Bacteria

Phylum

Cyanobacteria

Class

Cyanophyceae

Order

Chroococcales

Family

Aphanothecaceae

Genus

Aphanothece