Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery
Golden Algae
Division Chrysophyta

Michigan Tech

Profile: Planktonic, colonial, each cell with 2 silica spines and a single flagellum between.

Chrysosphaerella longispina, Chrysosphaerella rodlei

D - Chrysosphaerella species (C. longispina in Lake Huron) are dominant members of the summer phytoplankton assemblage in Lakes Huron and Michigan.