Spiral algae help please!
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 5:51 pm
Hi, can anyone help with identification of this algae please?
Its from a city lake which has quite a good mix of other plankton in it - colonial greens, volvox, couple of blue-green species etc.. But this is v abundant.
Sample was taken this week so water temp was about 15-18C.
The spirals are fixed, its pretty rigid. The cells are about 5um wide.
Its really niggling me that I can't id it. I've a bit of video of it too. Any help would be v much appreciated.
Thanks
Its from a city lake which has quite a good mix of other plankton in it - colonial greens, volvox, couple of blue-green species etc.. But this is v abundant.
Sample was taken this week so water temp was about 15-18C.
The spirals are fixed, its pretty rigid. The cells are about 5um wide.
Its really niggling me that I can't id it. I've a bit of video of it too. Any help would be v much appreciated.
Thanks