alga thread

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:10 am

alga thread ID?

I found him in the Baltic Sea, but I saw him many times in fresh water

Frez · Post by **Frez** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:08 am

Those images are lovely Jacek! Sorry I can't help with the ID.

Very Nice!
Frez

BJ · Post by BJ » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:34 am

Hi Jacek,

Not certain about this, but I think a species of Cladophora.
- green branched filament
- irregular polygonal chloroplasts
- chloroplasts sometimes in a net- like distribution close to the cellwall (2nd photo)
- distinctive pyrenoids with starch ring (last two photos)

There are hundreds of similar species; relatively few in freshwater, most in brackish and salt water. Many species would be very happy in the Baltic !

Beautifully crisp detailed photos - thank you for posting!

boa sorte,

Brian

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:42 am

I thank you for the comments, it is certainly Cladophora

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:47 pm

JaceK,

Really nice set of images. I am always impressed by your high mag DIC results!

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:52 pm

Jacek,

Very nice!

Rogelio

curt0909 · Post by **curt0909** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:06 pm

Beautiful photos as always Jacek

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:49 pm

thank you

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:38 pm

Nikon E Plan does a very good job here (:

naturephoto1 · Post by **naturephoto1** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:00 am

Jacek,

Really excellent images.

Rich