Cladophora cf fracta
Cladophora sp.: The genus Cladophora can be recognized by the branched filaments. (1)
 
Cladophora sp.: focus plane on the periphery of the cell showing the single parietal reticulated chloroplast with pyrenoids. (1)
 
Cladophora sp.: optical median section of one of the cells showing the vacuolized cytoplasm. (1)
 
Cladophora sp.: detail of the net-like chloroplast with pyrenoids. Also visible is part of the finely striated cell wall. The arrowheads point to some ?bacteria? (1)
 
Cladophora sp.: this specimen is overgrown by epibionts like diatoms (here: Diatoma sp.; Gomphonema sp. and Cocconeis sp.) which serve as diet for other organisms like rotifers, for example Euchlanidae, Proalidae or Dicranophoridae (2)
 
Cladophora sp.: this ciliate Trithigmostoma cucullulus is feeding on diatoms living on Cladophora
 
 
 
 
Location: Stefansbachtal Gevelsberg, Grünes Klassenzimmer, Stefansbach (1);
Habitat: floating on stones (1);
Date: 16.06.2011 (1);
 
Location (2): Wetter, NRW, Germany ; Elbschebach (creek)
 
Habitat (2): (click image to enlarge >>>). Together with diatoms (here: Diatoma sp.; Gomphonema sp. and Cocconeis sp.)
 
Date : 26.04.2021 (2)
 
 
 
 
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