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										| Oocystis sp.; unicellular algae with a mucilaginous sheath. | 
									 
									
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										| Oocystis sp.; 8 cell stage (left) and dividing cell (right) in a common mucilaginous sheath. The lens-shaped chloroplasts are visible. | 
									 
									
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										| Oocystis sp.; compressed specimen. At least 20 lens-shaped chlorplasts are visible in this cell. | 
									 
									
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										| Location: Hagen, Germany, garden, sandstone bird bath. | 
									 
									
										| Habitat:  ephemeral pools, together with: Haematococcus pluvialis, Stephanosphaera pluvialis; desmids and procaryota (Croococcus sp.) | 
									 
									
										| Date: 26.02.- 04.03.2014 | 
									 
									
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