Synura sphagnicola

Synura sphagnicola Synura sphagnicola can be preferentially found in sphagnum ponds. Typical are the reddish oil droplets they bear in plasma. Sample from sphagnum pond Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). This image was taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera. Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Bog Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) Latitude: 54.136219 Longitude: 10.026433 Synura sphagnicola bevorzugt Moorteiche. Typisch sind die rötlichen Öltröpfchen im Zellplasma (keine Augenflecken!). Probe aus dem Dosenmoor in der Nähe von Neumünster. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Universal, Kamera: Olympus C7070. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.

Synura sphagnicola Synura sphagnicola can be preferentially found in sphagnum ponds. Typical are the reddish oil droplets they bear in plasma. Sample from sphagnum pond Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). This image was taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera. Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Wetland near Schladming (Austria) Latitude: 47.37386 Longitude: 13.823016 Synura sphagnicola bevorzugt Moorteiche. Typisch sind die rötlichen Öltröpfchen im Zellplasma (keine Augenflecken!). Probe aus dem Dosenmoor in der Nähe von Neumünster. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Universal, Kamera: Olympus C7070. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.

Synura sphagnicola Synura sphagnicola can be preferentially found in sphagnum ponds. Typical are the reddish oil droplets they bear in plasma. Sample from sphagnum pond Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). This image was taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera. Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Bog Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) Latitude: 54.136219 Longitude: 10.026433 Synura sphagnicola bevorzugt Moorteiche. Typisch sind die rötlichen Öltröpfchen im Zellplasma (keine Augenflecken!). Probe aus dem Dosenmoor in der Nähe von Neumünster. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Universal, Kamera: Olympus C7070. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.

Synura sphagnicola, a colonial chrysophyte. Synonymous with Skadovskiella. Cells are joined at their posterior ends in the center of the colony. Cells are ovoid with two golden chloroplasts. There are two equal flagella less than 1 cell length. Siliceous scales with a unique ring form from which there is a rod-like projection cover the cell. A detached scale is seen in the center of this image. The scale structure is diagnostic for the species. A stigma is absent. Large vacuoles containing the glucopyranoside storage polymer, chrysolaminarin (leucosin) accumulate in the cytoplasm . The colonies swim with a slow rolling motion.From a polysaprobic temporary freshwater farm pond near Boise, Idaho. Differential interference contrast.Differential interference contrast optics.

Synura sphagnicola, a colonial chrysophyte. Synonymous with Skadovskiella. Cells are joined at their posterior ends in the center of the colony. Cells are ovoid with two golden chloroplasts. There are two equal flagella less than 1 cell length. The cell is covered by siliceous scales the morphology of which is diagnostic for the species (see accompanying image). A stigma is absent. Large vacuoles containing the glucopyranoside storage polymer, chrysolaminarin (leucosin) accumulate in the cytoplasm. The colonies swim with a slow rolling motion.From a polysaprobic temporary freshwater farm pond near Boise, Idaho. Differential interference contrast.