Lyngbya confervoide C.Agardh 1824

• Main Author: Gupta, Pratibha
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Cyanophyceae; Nostocales; Oscillatoriaceae; Lyngbya; Lyngbya confervoide; Antarc*; Antarctica; East Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7858141; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/744387838A4FFFB7FC404EFBFC3A9C81

Lyngbya confervoide s C.Agardh ex Gomont Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7, 15: 136 (Gomont 1892). Desikachary, Cyanophyta 314, t. 49, f. 9 & t. 52, f. 13 (Desikachary 1959). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 2: Oscillatoriales 19 (2): 623, f. 945 (Komárek & Anagnostidis 2005). DESCRIPTION. — Filament almost straight; sheath colourless, homogenous, later becoming slightly thicker, lamellated; trichome olive-green or blue-green, usually not constricted at the cross-walls, cross-walls granulated, not attenuated at the end; apical cell rounded, calyptra absent (Fig. 8H). DIMENSION. — Trichome 7.6-12.0 µm broad and cells 2.0-3.8 µm long. ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Marine species; wet rocks; temperature 3.5°C. Published as part of Gupta, Pratibha, 2021, First report of diversity of Cyanobacteria of Broknes Peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, pp. 241-251 in Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (15) on page 247, DOI:10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2021v42a15, http://zenodo.org/record/7819309