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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria quasiperforata
Skuja

Oscillatoria quasiperforata Genus: Trichome without mucous sheath; straight, long, consisting of numerous cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species (var. crasa): Trichome straight or slightly curved, no constriction at cell-cell junction, 1.5-2 μm in diam.; cell body about 4-10 times longer than its width; septum indisinguishable (provably near pseudovacuoles) (Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Oscillatoria quasiperforata Skuja, cell body ?? μm long, 2 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Shiba river, near Owada Park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 3, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Oscillatoria quasiperforata Oscillatoria quasiperforata


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