Identify that alga:
Web-based key to genera -2: Filaments
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unbranched cyanobacteria (search5) |
branched cyanobacteria (search6) |
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attached, flat plate (search13) |
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Colonies and coenobia : Cyanobacteria (search21) |
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Unicells (under development) |
non-flagellate cells without case (under development) |
in silica case = diatoms (under development) |
flagellate cells (under development) |
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| Chloroplast absent (cyanobacterium)* | |
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| Chloroplast a parietal band (circles round periphery of cell) |  |
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| Chloroplast(s)disc-shaped |  |
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| Chloroplast stellate (star-shaped) |  |
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| Chloroplast a dense network* |  |
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| *If the chloroplast shape is not distinguishable, there may not be one, or it may be too dense: check all possibilities further | ||||
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John Kinross