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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Nostocaceae

Anabaenopsis raciborskii
(Woloszynska) Miller 1923 (Bergey's Manual 2nd. 2001)

Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) with heterocysts; with equal diameter throughout hole length; no branching; heterocysts intervening or at base.
Genus: Mucous sheath, nearly invisible; heterocysts at base never become a large akinete (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Anabaenopsis raciborskii Woloszynska ?, cell body 4.5-8 μm long, 4 μm wide, x 640, Koigakubo marsh, Tessei-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan, November 22, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Anabaenopsis Anabaenopsis


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