Cyanothece major
(Schröter) Komárek 1976
Syn: Synechococcus major f. crassior Lagerheim 1886
Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix;
no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus:
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Cyanothece major f. crassior Lagerheim,
cell body 37 μm long, 25 μm wide, sheath about 1 μm in thickness,
x 640, Ushidome-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi village, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 28, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cell body nearly spherical, 40 μm in diam., sheath less than 1 μm in thickness, x 640