HABs taxon details
basis of record
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Description Trichomes free-floating, solitary or rarely in small clusters, sigmoidally coiled or irregularly circular, rarely almost straight, not constricted at the cross-walls. Cells pale blue-green, usually with aerotopes, (1) 1.5-2.5 x longer than wide, (1.5) 2-4.5 μm wide; terminal cells elongated, hyaline and pointed, up to 20 μm long. Akinetes develop 1-2 aside, subapically or rarely in the middle of a trichome, barrel-shaped or cylindrical-oval with truncate or rounded ends, sometimes slightly curved, yellowish, granular, 10-16.1 x 3.9-5.2 (7.2) μm. [details]
Harmful effect A strain from Wuhan, China was found to produce cylindrospermopsin and deoxcylindrospermopsin [details]
Identification Probably presented in various concepts. [details]
Remark Heterocysts, nitrogen fixing filamentous form [details]
From editor or global species database
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