Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery
Golden Algae
Division Chrysophyta
Chrysochromulina spp.

Profile: haptophyte - 2 (rarely 4) equal flagella around a haptonema (spine)

C. parva, only US sp.

Haptophytes are a dominant component of the spring phytoplankton assemblage in Lakes Superior and Huron and of the summer assemblage in Lake Michigan. The dominant Genus is probably Chrysochromulina.

micro*scope

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