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Chlorophyta
Pediastrum spp.

Pediastrum spp.

Class Chlorophyceae - Order Chlorococcales - Family Hydrodictyaceae

Profiles: Flat colonies. cells to 40um, colonies to 340um. Plankton and littoral plankton.

D - P. simplex is a dominant species of the summer phytoplankton assemblage in Lake Erie.

P. araneosum, P. araneosum v. rugulosum (P. boryanum v. rugulosum), P. biradiatum, P. biradiatum v. emarginatum f. convexum (rare, sphagnum bogs), P. boryanum, P. boryanum v. longicorne, P. boryanum v. undulatum, P. braunii, P. duplex, P. duplex v. brachylobum, P. duplex v. clathratum, P. duplex v. cohaerens, P. duplex v. gracilimum, P. duplex v. reticulatum, P. duplex v. rotundatum, P. duplex v. rugulosum, P. glanduliferum, P. integrum, P. integrum v. priva, P. integrum v. scutum (rare, littoral), P. kawraiskyi, P. muticum (rare), P. muticum v. crenulatum (rare), P. obtusum (P. quadricornutum), P. sculptatum, P. simplex, P. simplex v. duodenarium, P. tetras, P. tetras v. obtusata, P. tetras v. tetraodon

Ohio University

Additional Photos:
GLNPO - Plankton of the Great Lakes

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