Gloeocapsa bahamensis Collins

• Region

  West Indies

• Country

  Bahamas

• Locality

  at eastern end of Mariguana, on border of a salt pond

• Coordinates

  22.3514, -72.827

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  12871.6

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of geogr. center of Eastern Mayaguana (=Mariguana). Measured from selected coord. to farthest extent of the E side of island to find linear extent (12860 m). Input information into MaNIS Georef. Calc. to find uncert. radius (Area).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Marina. Cellulis indivisis 4-8 ^ diam., sine membrana 3-5 (i, pallide
aerugineis, in familias 4—24 cellularum unitis; tegumentis amplis, distinctis,
lamellosis, sub- vel perfuscis; familiis spaisis vel inter myxophyceas varias in
crustam fuscam compactis.

Undivided cells 4—8 m in diameter, without wall 3—5 fi in diameter, pale
aeruginous; teguments wide, lamellose, distinct, lighter or darker brown; fam-
ilies scattered or loosely compacted with other Myxoph^ceae into a brownish
crust.

On the border of a salt pond, east end of Mariguana, December 12, 1&07, M. A.
Howe 5538 (type).

The cells in this material are dividing so rapidly that single free cells are seldom
seen; the wide teguments may persist through many generations of cell division.
O. crepidinurri Thuret, the best known and most generally distributed species, has thin
and rather inconspicuous teguments, the cells, not including the walls, larger, the
color brownish. G. deusta (Menegh.) Kiitz. also has larger cells and thinner tegu-
ments, with cells and teguments dark green to blackish.

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