Gloeocapsa biformis Ercegovic

Gupta, Pratibha, 2021, First report of diversity of Cyanobacteria of Broknes Peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (15), pp. 241-251 : 244

Gloeocapsa biformis Ercegovic

Acta Botanica Instituti Botanici Universitatis Zabrabensis 10: 80 ( Ercegovic 1925). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 1: Chroococcales 19 (1): 256, f. 336 ( Komárek & Anagnostidis 1998).

DESCRIPTION. — Colony irregular, composed of groups of small sub-colonies; mucilage envelop colourless, yellow or yellow brown, not or slightly lamellate; cells more or less spherical, pale blue-green ( Fig. 8B ).

DIMENSION. — Cells 1.8-3.5 µm in diameter.

ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Marine and terrestrial species, wet rocks; temperature 1°C.

Figures

FIG. 8. — Cyanoprokaryotes of Broknes Peninsula. A, Chroococcus minutus (Kütz.) Nägeli; B, Gloeocapsa biformis Ercegovic; C, Cyanosarcina burmensis Skuja, D, Oscillatoria anguina (Bory) Gomont; E, Oscillatoria curviceps C.Agardh ex Gomont; F, Oscillatoria limosa C.Agardh ex Gomont; G, Planktothrix rubescens (DC. ex Gomont) Anagn. & Komárek; H, Lyngbya confervoides C.Agardh ex Gomont; I, Phormidium ambiguum Gomont; J, Phormidium bekesiense (I.Kiss) K.Kiss,; K, Oscillatoria jenensis G.Schmid; L, Phormidium subfuscum Kütz. ex Gomont; M, Oscillatoria tenuis C.Agardh ex Gomont; N, Aulosira fritschii Bharadwaja; O, Coleospermum goeppertianum (goppertianum) Kirch. ex Frank; P, Stigonema mesentericum Geitler. Scale bars: A, N, O, 30 µm; B, C, F, I, L, 10 µm; D, E, G, H, J, K, M, P, 20 µm.