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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria planctonica
Woloszynska

Oscillatoria planctonica Genus: Trichome without mucous sheath; straight, long, consisting of numerous cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Trichome straight or slightly curved, without constriction at cell-cell junction, 2-3 μm wide; cell-body length nearly the same as its width (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Oscillatoria planctonica Woloszynska, cell body 2 μm long, 2 μm wide, L/W=1.0, x 640, Numappara marsh, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, August 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Oscillatoria

Oscillatoria planctonica Woloszynska, cell body 2 μm long, 2 μm wide, x 640, Numappara marsh, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, August 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Oscillatoria Oscillatoria


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