Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Common in poor quality streams, lowland rivers

Common in poor quality streams, lowland rivers

Common Name Family Taxon
Cryptophytes Cryptomonadaceae Cryptomonas
Cyanobacteria Chamaesiphonaceae Chamaesiphon
Cyanobacteria Homoeotrichaceae Homoeothrix
Cyanobacteria Merismopediaceae Aphanocapsa
Cyanobacteria Merismopediaceae Merismopedia
Cyanobacteria Microchaetaceae Tolypothrix
Cyanobacteria Microcystaceae Microcystis
Cyanobacteria Oscillatoriaceae Oscillatoria
Cyanobacteria Oscillatoriaceae Lyngbya
Cyanobacteria Phormidiaceae Phormidium
Cyanobacteria Xenococcaceae Xenococcus
Diatoms Achnanthaceae Achnanthes cf inflata
Diatoms Achnanthidiaceae Planothidium
Diatoms Bacillariaceae Hantzschia
Diatoms Bacillariaceae Nitzschia
Diatoms Cocconeidaceae Cocconeis placentula
Diatoms Cymbellaceae Cymbella
Diatoms Eunotiaceae Eunotia and relatives
Diatoms Fragilariaceae Staurosira
Diatoms Fragilariaceae Ulnaria
Diatoms Gomphonemataceae Gomphonema
Diatoms Melosiraceae Melosira varians
Diatoms Naviculaceae Fistulifera
Diatoms Naviculaceae Eolimna
Diatoms Naviculaceae Naviculoid diatoms
Diatoms Pinnulariaceae Pinnularia
Diatoms Pleurosigmataceae Gyrosigma
Diatoms Rhoicospheniaceae Rhoicosphenia cf curvata
Diatoms Sellaphoraceae Sellaphora
Diatoms Stauroneidaceae Craticula
Diatoms Tabellariaceae Tabellaria flocculosa
Euglenoids Euglenidae Euglena
Euglenoids Euglenidae Phacus
Green algae Chaetophoraceae Chaetophora
Green algae Chaetophoraceae Stigeoclonium
Green algae Chaetophoraceae Draparnaldia
Green algae Characeae Nitella
Green algae Chlamydomonadaceae Chlamydomonas
Green algae Chlorellaceae Chlorella - like unicells
Green algae Chlorococcaceae Characium
Green algae Cladophoraceae Rhizoclonium
Green algae Cladophoraceae Cladophora glomerata
Green algae Closteriaceae Closterium
Green algae Desmidiaceae Desmidium
Green algae Hydrodictyaceae Pediastrum
Green algae Microsporaceae Microspora
Green algae Oedogoniaceae Oedogonium
Green algae Radiococcaceae Scenedesmus
Green algae Radiococcaceae Ankistrodesmus
Green algae Tetrasporaceae Tetraspora-like colonies
Green algae Ulotrichaceae Ulothrix zonata
Green algae Zygnemataceae Spirogyra
Iron bacteria Comamonadaceae Iron bacteria (eg Leptothrix)
Red algae Acrochaetiaceae Audouinella hermanii
Red algae Batrachospermaceae Batrachospermum
Red algae Compsopogonaceae Compsopogon
Red algae Rhodomelaceae Bostrychia
Sewage fungus Comamonadaceae Sphaerotilus
Water net Hydrodictyaceae Hydrodictyon
Yellow-green algae Vaucheriaceae Vaucheria