Oscillatoria claricentrosa 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
Oscillatoriaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stratum inconspicuous; trichomes relatively straight and rigid, 2.3-2.5 µ diam., apices straight or slightly uncinate, acute, very slightly constricted at the cross-walls; cells up to 11 µ long, 3-5 times as long as the diameter, though usually 6-8 µ long; protoplast with a clear central area, the denser colored portion free from granules, crowded close to the periphery; cross-walls indistinct.
Distribution and Ecology - Forming a thin stratum on mud in a ditch near Playa, Fajardo, no. 697, type.
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Discussion
PLATE 8, FIGURE 72
This species belongs in the Attenuatae section of Gomont (Monogr. p. 224) and is closely akin in form to Oscillatoria longearticulata Hansg. and narrower than O. acuminata Gomont. It is to be distinguished by its relatively long cells with conspicuously clear centers free from granules. It is larger in diameter than 0. longearticulata and narrower than O. acuminata.