Tabularia fasciculata

Tabularia fasciculata (Agardh) Williams et Round Hemidiscaceae Actinocyclus octonarius Ehrenberg... 

November, 2002. On the macrophyte thalli, we observed that both trichomal surfaces of C. fracta and V. cf. dichotoma and polymeric tubes of N. ramosissima were settled by microepiphytic assemblages. The structures of microepiphytes developing on clay surfaces covered with brown fur were most complex. The papillar non-branched shoots of V. cf. dichotoma were completely covered with Tabularia fasciculata. These needle-shaped diatom cells formed palisade-like layers at the surface of the host. This amalgamation increased the volume of the epiphyte/basiphytic complex by 2-2.5-times when compared to the volume of the basiphyte alone. At some sites, the curly shoots of V. cf. dichotoma were covered with a layer of Cocconeis placentula var. euglipta cells. 

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