Chamaesiphon amethystinus (Rostafinski) Lemmermann

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Chamaesiphon amethystinus (Rostafinski) Lemmermann ( Fig. 4 )

Cells are attached individually or arranged parallel to one another. Cells cover the substrate, cylindrical or slightly narrowed, widely rounded at the apex, straight or rarely very slightly curved, gelatinous pad. Cells content pale blue­green or grey­blue, brownish. Cells are 5­15 μm long and 2-5 μm wide. Habitat of this species was recorded as clear streams ( Komárek and Anagnostidis, 1999); however, we collected this species from eutrophic reservoirs. This species is probably widely distributed.

Ecology: We collected this species from eutrophic reser­

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voirs on October 24, 2015. This species occurs in freshwater, epiphytic in clear streams in temperate zones, or in tropical countries ( Komárek and Anagnostidis, 1999).

Distribution: Europe: Lithuania ( Vitonyte and Kostkeviciene, 2008); Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand ( Broady and Merican, 2012).

Site of Collection: Site 5

Specimen Locality: NIBRCY0000000767

Figures

Fig. 4. Microscopic photographs of Chamaesiphon amethystinus (Rostafinski) Lemmermann (arrow) of the cultured samples from algal cul­ ture collection at Kyonggi University. Scale bars represent 10μm.