Recent Updates

I apologize for previous (and present) misidentifications, and thank everyone who took the time to submit corrections.

Jan, 20, 2008

Algae

• added Audouinella, Chrysopyxis, Derepyxis, Epipyxis, Schizochlamys, Tribonema, Zoochlorella, 

• updated Ankistrodesmus, Aphanochaete, Apiocystis, Asterococcus, Bambusina, Batrachospermum, Botryococcus, Bulbochaete, Ceratium, Chaetophora,  Chaetosphaeridium, Chlamydomonas, Chlorellidiopsis, Chlorobotrys, Chroococcus, Chrysosphaerella, Cladophora, Coelastrum, Colacium, Cosmarium, Crucigenia, Dictyosphaerium, Dimorphococcus, Dinobryon, Docidium, Eremosphaera, Euastrum, Eucapsis, Eudorina, Eunotia, Fragilaria, Gonyostomum, Gymnodinium, Hapalosiphon, Haplotaenium, Hyalotheca, Lepocinclis, Mallomonas, Melosira, Merismopedia, Micrasterias, Mougeotia, Neidium, Netrium, Nostoc, Octacanthium, Oedogonium, Onychonema, Ophiocytium, Palmodictyon, Pediastrum, Peridinium, Phacus, Phaeoschizochlamys, Pleurotaenium, Scenedesmus, Spirogyra, Spondylosium, Staurastrum, Stipitococcus, Synura, Uroglena, Urosolenia, Woronichinia, Xanthidium, Zygnema,

Jan 7, 2006

Algae

• changed Hormidium to Klebsormidium, previous Synechococcus specimens to Cyanothece, couple Staurastrum specimens to Staurodesmus, couple Pleurotaenium specimens to Haplotaenium

• made minor updates to Aphanothece, Coelastrum, Coelosphaerium, Coleochaete, Cryptomonas, Cymbella, Dinobryon, Golenkinia, Gymnodinium, Microcystis, Microspora, Oedogonium, Oocystis, Peridinium, Sphaerocystis, Staurastrum, Surirella, Synedra, Synura, Ulothrix, Urosolenia, Woronichinia,

• added Achnanthes, Actinotaenium, Asterococcus, Chamaesiphon, Chlorellidiopsis, Chlorobotrys, Cyanothece, Cylindrocapsa, Cylindrocystis, Cylindrospermum, Cystodinium, Dicranochaete, Dinococcus, Elakatothrix, Gloeochaete, Gonatozygon, Lagerheimia, Lagynion, Lepocinclis, Mesotaenium, Neidium, Onychonema, Ophiocytium, Palmella, Penium, Perone, Phaeoschizochlamys, Protoderma, Rhizoclonium, Rufusiella, Spinoclosterium, Spirotaenia, Spirulina, Staurodesmus, Stigonema, Strombomonas, Tetrachrysis, Tetrabaena, Triploceras

Protozoa

• I still have over 200 images of protozoans from two years ago, but no time to identify them.

October 27, 2005

Algae

• made minor updates to Anabaena, Ankistrodesmus, Aphanocapsa, Apiocystis, Bambusina, Bulbochaete, Chlamydomonas, Closterium, Coelastrum, Coleochaete, Cosmarium, Desmidium, Dictyosphaerium, Entomoneis, Epithemia, Euastrum, Euglena, Eunotia, Gloeocystis, Gymnodinium, Micractinium, Micrasterias, Microcystis, Nephrocytium, Nitzschia, Pandorina, Peridinium, Phacus, Pinnularia, Quadrigula, Rhopalodia, Scenedesmus, Tetraedron, Trachelomonas, Uroglena, Volvox, Xanthidium

October 20, 2005

• added a page for collection sites

• made slight revisions to the collection information page to incorporate a new season (probably my last) using upgraded computer capture equipment

• this update consists of new material for algal genera already featured, and removal of images that were redundant or of low quality

• additional algal genera will be featured in the next major update

• sorry, but no time to work on the protozoans

Algae

• reorganized the Diatoms page

• updated Acanthoceras, Anabaena, Ankistrodesmus, Aphanizomenon, Aphanocapsa, Aphanochaete, Asterionella, Bambusina, Botryococcus, Bulbochaete, Calothrix, Ceratium, Chaetophora, Characium, Chroococcus, Chrysosphaerella, Closterium, Cocconeis, Colacium, Cosmarium, Crucigenia, Cymatopleura, Cymbella, Desmidium, Dictyosphaerium, Dimorphococcus, Dinobryon, Docidium, Epithemia, Eremosphaera, Euastrum, Eucapsis, Eudorina, Euglena, Fragilaria, Gloeocystis, Golenkinia, Gomphonema, Gomphosphaeria, Gymnodinium, Hormidium, Hyalotheca, Kirchneriella, Mallomonas, Merismopedia, Micractinium, Micrasterias, Mougeotia, Netrium, Nostoc, Oocystis, Oscillatoria, Pandorina, Pediastrum, Peroniella, Phacus, Pinnularia, Pleurotaenium, Radiofilum, Scenedesmus, Sorastrum, Spirogyra, Spondylosium, Staurastrum, Stephanodiscus, Stipitococcus, Surirella, Tabellaria, Tetraedron, Tetraspora, Tolypothrix, Trachelomonas, Uroglena, Uroglenopsis, Urosolenia, Vaucheria, Volvox, Woronichinia, Xanthidium, Zygnema

Febuary 5, 2004

Algae

• re-identified Attheya as Acanthoceras

• updated Fragilaria, Acanthoceras, Nitzschia, Urosolenia, Anabaena, Hapalosiphon, Oscillatoria, Tolypothrix, Cryptomonas, Chryamoeba, Dinobryon, Mallomonas, Peridinium, Gymnodinium, Scenedesmus, Pediastrum, Dictyosphaerium, Eudorina, Haematococcus, Quadrigula, Sphaerocystis, Microspora, Spirogyra, Cosmarium, Spondylosium, Phacus, Characium

• added Aphanizomenon, Nostoc, Radiofilum, Tetradesmus, Stipitococcus, Gomphosphaeria

Protozoa

• added the Protozoan Galleries, including representatives of Anisonema, Entosiphon, Anthophysa, Monosiga, Salpingoeca, Rhynchomonas, Bicosoeca, Amoeba, Difflugia, Mayorella, Euglypha, Actinophrys, Raphidiophrys, Codonella, Epalxis, Paruroleptus, Stentor, Stylonychia, Podophrya, Coleps, Cothurina, Epistylis, Paramecium, Vorticella,

January 5, 2004

• added Apiocystis

• re-identified tubed Cymbella as Encyonema

November 4, 2003

• changed two Peridinium to Peridiniopsis

• updated Ankistrodesmus, Chaetophora, Eudorina, Gloeocystis, Crucigenia, Pediastrum, Sorastrum, Tetraspora, Quadrigula, Micractinium, Closterium, Xanthidium, Stigeoclonium

• added Uroglena, Peroniella, Botryochloris, Octacanthium, Pandorina, Tetraedron, Chlamydomonas, Vitreochlamys, Palmodictyon,

• moved a Nitzschia from unknowns to Bacillariophyceae

• renumbered specimens by genus and reorganized web file structure

October 31, 2003

• updated Amphipleura, Amphora, Attheya, Cocconeis, Diatoma, Epithemia, Fragilaria, Navicula, Nitzschia, Phacus, Trachelomonas, Euglena

• added Colacium

August 30, 2003

• updated Chrysosphaerella, Dinobryon, Desmidium, Euastrum, Zygnema, Synura, Mallomonas, Woronichinia

• moved Aphanochaete from unknowns to Chlorophyceae

• moved a Caloneis from unknowns to Bacillariophyceae

July 2, 2003

• changed Rhizosolenia to Urosolenia and moved them to the centric diatoms section

• moved what appears to be Gymnodinium from unknowns to Dinophyta

• moved what appears to be a chain of Cyclotella from unknowns to Bacillariophyceae

• updated Asterionella, Melosira, Stephanodiscus, Tabellaria, and Synedra

• added Attheya

June 8, 2003

• updated Asterionella, Batrachospermum, Melosira, Meridion, Mougeotia, Netrium, and Synura

• identified Ceratium to species

• updated video clips by recapturing video from tape with a new capture card, then compressing them using the DivX codec

May 28, 2003

• added Chrysamoeba, which was previously within the protozoa

• added Woronichinia, which was wrongly called Uroglenopsis

• renamed Uroglena as Uroglenopsis

• added Ceratium hirundenella cysts, which was previously within the unknowns

• added free akinetes of Anabaena, which was wrongly called Synechococcus

• added Aphanocapsa, which was wrongly called Microcystis

May 14, 2003

• added Vaucheria, which was previously within the unknowns

• removed heliozoans, including what was wrongly called Rhizochrysis

• moved Anthophysa to protozoa webpage