Green Algae
Chlorophyta
Ankistrodesmus spp.

Ohio University

Additional Photos:
GLNPO - Plankton of the Great Lakes
Michigan Tech

Profile: Crescent-shaped cells, solitary or clustered. Length to 56um. Plankton.

Littoral - A. braunii, A. convolutus, A. falcatus, A. falcatus v. acicularis, A. fractus (rare, bogs),

Various - A. falcatus v. mirabilis, A. falcatus v. stipitatus, A. falcatus v. tumidus (rare), A. fusiformis, A. gelifactum, A. gracilis, A. spiralis, A. stipitatus

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