Heart cell levitation ball
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Heart cell suspension ball ( Gomphosphaeria aponina ) |
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The heart cell suspension ball ( Gomphosphaeria aponina ) is a type of cyanobacteria , or "blue-green algae". The species lives in plankton in lakes and ponds. It is a type species of its genus.
features
The species forms colonies from a few (up to ten) cells (length from 4 to 13 µm) of blue-green to olive color, they turn yellow towards the end of the vegetation period. They sit at the end of branched jelly stems. The colonies are up to 100 µm in size. The cells are elongated or heart-shaped. During the divisions, the cells are often conspicuously heart-shaped.
distribution
The species lives in plankton of eutrophic waters, but also in salty water, for example in salt pans or the Baltic Sea.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. 10th edition. Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10807-4 .
- ↑ http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=23759
- ^ DM John, Brian A. Whitton, Alan J. Brook: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles: an identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae , Volume 1. Cambridge University Press (England) 2002.
Web links
- Images of the heart cell hover ball and other species of the genus Gomphosphaeria
Commons : Heart Cell Floating Ball ( Gomphosphaeria aponina ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
