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Coleochaete

Coleochaete


50- Coleochaete. This forms disc-shaped encrusting plates of cells beset with fine hairs and grows on stones and water- plants reaching a diameter of 1 mm while the cells are 10-20 micron across it is often conspicuous on the glass of aquaria or the sides of old sinks in which water plants are grown. 50a details of cells 50b part of large plant at a lower magnification 50c a whole young plant.













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