Vaucheria sp.
Vaucheria sp.; part of a filaments; specimen from (1)
 
Vaucheria sp.; asexual propagation by aplanospore
 
Vaucheria sp.; another aplanospore (1)
 
Vaucheria sp.; reproductive organs (antheridia and oogonia) on short stalks. (2)
 
Vaucheria sp.; reproductive organs: antheridium with gametes (spermatozoids, arrow) and oogonia (arrowheads). (2)
 
Vaucheria sp.; reproductive organs: antheridium after release of the spermatozoids.
 
Vaucheria sp.; coenocyte with chloroplasts. The arrowheads mark some of the nuclei. (3)
 
Vaucheria sp.; like some other freshwater-algae (for example the red alga Torularia atra)the xanthophyte Vaucheria may be colonised by epibiontic autotroph or heterotroph organisms. Here some examples: left: the diatom Cocconeis pediculus; right: the sessilid protist Platycola longicollis. In consequence there may be other organisms which are in a special ecological relationship with these epibionts like for example rotifers like Encentrum incisum.
 
 
 
Location (2): Hattingen Wodantal, Heierbergsbach, puddle (click to enlarge)
 
Habitat (2): on detritus
 
Date: 17.06.2006 (2);
 
Location (2): Hattingen Oberstüter, Wodantal, grain field
 
Habitat (2): on wet soil / puddle after rain
 
Date: 06.02.2023 (2);
 
 
 
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