Pediastrum

Group: Still green colonies · Pediastrum, Scenedesmus and other colonial green algae

What you see

Recorded on 22 September 2018. This loop is the whole 0:21 recording.

Points to check against your own sample:

  • No flagella, no movement other than drifting.
  • Pediastrum: a flat, round plate of cells, often with two horns on each outer cell, like a star or a cogwheel.

Full description and look-alikes: Still green colonies.

Credit line

Video: Alexander Klepnev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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