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| Torularia atra (Hudson) M.J.Wynne, comb. nov |
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| Torularia atra, thallus. |
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| Torularia atra, althoughh this alga appears green, it is a rhodophyte.. |
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| Torularia atra, crop of the above image; focus plane on the "knots" |
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| Torularia atra, part of the thallus; different focus planes. Upper image: focus plane on the outer cells; lower image: optical longitudinal transect. |
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| Torularia atra, slightly compressed thallus, showing the epibiontic diatom Cocconeis cf pediculus |
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| Torularia atra, cells of the outer part of the parenchym. |
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| Torularia atra, is densely covered by epibionts like diatoms or green algae (Monoraphidium sp.). |
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| Torularia atra, the chlorophyte Oedogonium sp. as epibiont on Torularia. At the top of the green alge are some diatoms, which in turn are colonised by bacteria. |
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Location (1); (2): Wupper bei Müngstener Brücke; |
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| Habitat (1); (2): benthic in lotic water, growing on stones and roots of littoral plants. |
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| Date : 18.07.2022 (1); 03.08.2022 (2) |
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