| Water net (Hydrodictyon reticulatum) |
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| Water net (Hydrodictyon reticulatum) |
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| The light cells contain thousands of isogametes. |
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| First the cell wall becomes weak and a bubble is formed. |
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| The bubble maybe at the tip of the cell or anywhere in the middle. |
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| The bubble bursts and the isogametes swarm out. |
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| Isogametes inside and outside of the cell. |
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| Crop of the above image showing clearly the flagellum in one specimen . |
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| Detail of the parietal chloroplast with net-like openings and pyrenoids. |
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| Location: Lake Kemnade, Bochum-Oveney, |
| Habitat: Plankton |
| Date: 25.08.2013 |