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Filamentous Alga

Genus: Cylindrocapsa

Description:

Round (female) cells of green algae.

Habitat:

Shallow pond in rural SW Pennsylania

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2 Comments

Elton_Wizard
Elton_Wizard 12 years ago

I knew that there were such things as male and female alga cells, but was really surprised that they could look so different.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

Lovely!

William_Dembowski
Spotted by
William_Dembowski

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Oct 30, 2011
Submitted on Dec 3, 2011

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