Golenkinia radiata - Green Algae

[ImperatorRex]

Guess the photos below show the green alga "Golenkinia radiata".
The algae has a a gelatinous sheath around the cell body with many elongated spiny projections / "bristles", these do not thicken at the base, in contrast to "Acanthosphaera".
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthosp ... ermann.jpg)

The body hosts a single, cup-shaped chloroplast with a single pyrenoid.



Not too much photos out there with Golenkinia...would be great if you could share!
Maybe you have also photos from Acanthosphaera?

[DonSchaeffer]

Clean and classic

[ImperatorRex]

Hi Don,
thank you for your feedback.

[Luis Carlos]

Excellent definition of bristles!

[tlansing]

Hi Jochen,

Excellent photos of an interesting alga! Does this alga have a flagellum to get around or are the bristles for floating and that is the mode of movement?

Tim

[ImperatorRex]

Thank you Tim and Luis for the kind comments.

Tim, the bristles are just for floating, no flagellum and any active movement.

[Javier]

Wonderful image!

Thanks for sharing and for the additional information.

[ImperatorRex]

Thank you Javier.