Gloeothece parvula N.L.Gardner
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Authority
Gardner, Nathaniel L. 1927. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 1-144. pl. 1-23.
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Family
Cyanobacteriaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Families containing up to 32 cells, but usually 8-16, free or collected into small masses among other algae, not forming a definite stratum alone, 12-18 µ diam.; cells cylindrical, 1.2-1.5 µ diam., 2-3 times as long as the diam., pale aeruginous; tegument hyaline, homogeneous, ample, 3-4 times as thick as the diameter of the lumen of the cell.
Distribution and Ecology - Growing in association with numerous other species of Myxophyceae, near Hato Arriba, Arecibo, no. 1410 b, type.
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Discussion
PLATE 3, FIGURE 30
The above-described species of Gloeothece is apparently a near relative of G. confiuens, a species, as a rule, with only two cells in a colony.