Synechocystis primigenia N.L.Gardner

  • Authority

    Gardner, Nathaniel L. 1927. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 1-144. pl. 1-23.

  • Family

    Merismopediaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Synechocystis primigenia N.L.Gardner

  • Description

    Species Description - Cells perfectly spherical in the resting stage, without visible membrane or gelatinous tegument, 0.8-1 µ diam., pale aeruginous.

    Distribution and Ecology - Growing on limestone between Hatillo and Arecibo, no. 1377 b, type; on the wall of a church, forming, in company with other Myxophyceae, a thin stratum, Sabana Grande, no. 953 b.

  • Discussion

    This is the smallest and simplest example of all the known species of the genus.

    PLATE 1, FIGURE 1