Oocystis sp.
Oocystis sp.; unicellular algae with a mucilaginous sheath.
Oocystis sp.; 8 cell stage (left) and dividing cell (right) in a common mucilaginous sheath. The lens-shaped chloroplasts are visible.
Oocystis sp.; compressed specimen. At least 20 lens-shaped chlorplasts are visible in this cell.
Location: Hagen, Germany, garden, sandstone bird bath.
Habitat: ephemeral pools, together with: Haematococcus pluvialis, Stephanosphaera pluvialis; desmids and procaryota (Croococcus sp.)
Date: 26.02.- 04.03.2014
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
plingfactory