Unknown Algal Specimen from Loktak Lake, Manipur

Dec 06, 2018 • 7:02 AM UTC

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Anjali Manoj

I am currently studying in 2nd PUC at CMR National PU College at ITPL, Bangalore. I am a passionate learner and keen observer. I am very fond of biology as a subject because it helps me connect with everthing that I see around me.

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Student Name: Anjali Manoj College/School: CMR National PU College, ITPL, Bangalore. Specimen: Unknown specimen of Kingdom Plantae Division Thallophyta Specimen collected from: Shell of snail found at Loktak Lake, Manipur on 2nd December, 2018 Specimen observed at: CMR National PU College at ITPL, Bangalore on 6th December, 2018

On the 6th of December, I extracted a part of what I presume to be algae growing on the shell of a snail that I had found in the water near the banks of Loktak Lake, Manipur. When seen with the naked eye it appeared as a green circle of diameter ~2mm with a brown center. When observed under the foldscope, the green regions showed minute, chlorophyll-rich hair like structures originating from the brown center.
Below is a picture of the snail on whose shell, the above specimen was found to be growing.