Tetraedriella spinigera Skuja

Kim, Jin Hee Kim and Han Soon, 2017, New records of freshwater algae from Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (3), pp. 224-231 : 229

Tetraedriella spinigera Skuja ( Fig. 4C and D )

Reference: Ettl. 1978. P. 218. Fig. 261.

Description: Cells solitary and free-floating, pyramidal and triangular in the bottom view. The sides straight to slightly convex and the corners tapered with thin, long spines in the apical part. Cell walls flattened. Chloroplasts small, disc­shaped, numerous and arranged along the cell wall, without the pyrenoids. Cells 20­30 μm in breadth, spines 10­15 μm in length.

Occurrence: A pond at Sandeokcheon, Seongsan­eup, Seogwipo­si , Jeju (29, Jun. 2015) .

Figures

Fig. 4.A, B. Tetraedriella tumidulum, C, D. T. spinigera, E­G. Cyclonexis erinus, H. Arthrospira platensis. Scale bars=10μm.