Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), view from the eastern hills

Atlas of Kinneret Microalgae

Dr. Tamar Zohary & Dr. Alla Alster

Kinneret Limnological Institute, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

25 species, grouped by phylum; A–Z by scientific name within each phylum.

Charophyta (1)

Mougeotia Agardh 1824 thumbnail

Mougeotia

Chlorophyta (4)

Chlamydomonas sp. Ehrenberg 1833 thumbnail

Chlamydomonas sp

Eudorina elegans Ehrenberg 1832 thumbnail

Eudorina elegans

Pandorina morum (O. Müller) Bory 1826 thumbnail

Pandorina morum

Tetraselmis cordiformis (Carter) Stein 1878 thumbnail

Tetraselmis cordiformis

Cryptista (2)

Cryptomonas Ehrenberg 1831 thumbnail

Cryptomonas

Plagioselmis nannoplanctica (Skuja) Novarino et al. 1994 thumbnail

Plagioselmis nannoplanctica

Dinoflagellata (12)

Ceratium furcoides (Levander) Langhans 1925 thumbnail

Ceratium furcoides

Ceratium hirundinella (O.F. Muller) Dujardin 1841 thumbnail

Ceratium hirundinella

Diplopsalis acuta (Apstein) Entz 1906 thumbnail

Diplopsalis acuta

Durinskia oculata (Stein) Gert Hansen et Flaim 2007 thumbnail

Durinskia oculata

Glochidinium penardiforme (Lemmermann) Boltovskoy 2000 thumbnail

Glochidinium penardiforme

Gymnodinium F. Stein 1878 thumbnail

Gymnodinium

Naiadinium polonicum (Woloszynska) Carty 2014 thumbnail

Naiadinium polonicum

Parvodinium cunningtonii (Lemmermann) Pandeirada et al 2022 thumbnail

Parvodinium cunningtonii

Parvodinium elpatiewskyi (Ostenfeld) Kretschmann et al 2019 thumbnail

Parvodinium elpatiewskyi

Peridiniopsis borgei Lemmermann 1904 thumbnail

Peridiniopsis borgei

Peridiniopsis cunningtonii var. quinquecuspidata (Massart) Nygaard 1926 thumbnail

Peridiniopsis cunningtonii var. quinquecuspidata

Peridinium gatunense Nygaard 1925 thumbnail

Peridinium gatunense

Euglenophyta (4)

Colacium Ehrenberg 1833 thumbnail

Colacium

Euglena Ehrenberg 1830 thumbnail

Euglena

Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin 1841 thumbnail

Phacus longicauda

Trachelomonas Ehrenberg 1833 thumbnail

Trachelomonas

Haptophyta (1)

Chrysochromulina parva Lackey 1939 thumbnail

Chrysochromulina parva

Rhodophyta (1)

Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) C. Agardh 1824 thumbnail

Bangia atropurpurea