Chroococcus tenax (Kirchner) Hieronymus (1892: 483)

Jr, Watson Arantes Gama, Iv, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse & Sant’Anna, Célia Leite, 2014, How diverse are coccoid cyanobacteria? A case study of terrestrial habitats from the Atlantic Rainforest (São Paulo, Brazil), Phytotaxa 178 (2), pp. 61-97 : 70

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scientific name	Chroococcus tenax (Kirchner) Hieronymus (1892: 483)
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Chroococcus tenax (Kirchner) Hieronymus (1892: 483) ( Figs. 5A–5B View FIGURES 5 ).

Basionym: Chroococcus turgidus var. tenax Kirchner (1878: 262) .

Round to elliptical colonies, 18.0–54.7 µm diam., 2–4(8–16) celled. Sheath firm, hyaline, conspicuous, intensely lamellate, smooth. Cells ellipsoid to hemispherical after division, 12.7–20.7 µm diam. Cell content granulated, bluegreen to olive green.

Habitat: —Waterlogged soil.

Studied material: — BRAZIL. São Paulo: Cananéia, State Park of “Ilha do Cardoso” ( Perequê ), 25º 4’ 8” S, 47º 55’ 12.24” W, 29 June 2010, W.A. Gama-Jr. & C.F.S. Malone (SP 401439) GoogleMaps .

References

Hieronymus, G. (1892) Beitrage zur Morphologie und Biologie der Algen. Beitrage zur Biologie der Pflanzen 5: 461 - 495.

Kirchner, O. (1878) Algen. In: Cohn, F. (Ed.) Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien. Part 1. Vol. 2. J. U. Kern's Verlag, Breslau, 284 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 5A–5B. Chroococcus tenax. 5A. General colony habit highlighting the lamellated sheaths. 5B. Desiccated cell showing concentrically lamellate sheaths and blue color.