Scenedesmus Meyen 1829

Description: Schroederiella africana Wołoszyńska. Date: 1914. Source: Wołoszyńska, J. 1914. Studien über das Phytoplankton des Viktoriasees. Schröders Zellpflanzen Ostafrikas. Hedwigia 55: 184–223. Plate V: figs 6, 7 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/424329 (cropped for figs 6, 7). Author: Jadwiga Wołoszyńska (1882–1951). Permission(Reusing this file): : This file comes from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. Deutsch | English | español | français | italiano | македонски | Nederlands | polski | +/−.

Longitude (deg): -1.7. Latitude (deg): 51.5. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 40' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 30' N. Vice county name: North Wilts. Vice county no.: 7. Country: England. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: in plastic container collecting rainwater. Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Photographic equipment used: "35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner.".

Longitude (deg): -1.7. Latitude (deg): 51.5. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 40' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 30' N. Vice county name: North Wilts. Vice county no.: 7. Country: England. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: in plastic container collecting rainwater. Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Photographic equipment used: "35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner.".

Malgrat de Mar, Catalunya, Espaa

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Lardero, La Rioja, Spain

Arcillo, Castille and Leon, Spain

Alfaro, La Rioja, Espaa

Logroo, La Rioja, Espaa

Bruz, Brittany, France

Each cell with three short spiny projections at both ends.

Portrait of a colony Scenedesmus falcatus (Chodat, 1894). Phase contrast.

Scenedesmus (sken-ee-des-mus) a common non-flagellated chlorophyte alga. Like all chlorophytes, Scenedesmus has a cell wall made of cellulose. The genus is comprised of species, all of which have clusters of four cells with spines emerging from the termini. Plastids with chlorophylls a and b and giving them a bright green colour. Differential interference contrast.

Scenedesmus flexuosus(Lemmermann) Ahlstrom. DIC.