Some Filamentous Blue Green Algae from Sukhana Dam, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Abstract

Algae from Sukhana dam, Aurangabad were investigated from 2015-2017. Algal samples were collected from 3 different locations of the water body. Several taxa belonging to class Chlorophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Cyanophyceae and Euglenophyceae were observed. In the present study 21 species of genus Oscillatoria, belonging to class Cyanophyceae were observed. These are Oscillatoria acuta, O. annae, O. bornetii, O. brevis var. non granulata, O. calcuttensis, O. chalybea, O. chilkensis, O. cortiana, O. curviceps, O. fracta, O. jenensis, O. limosa, O. mougeotia, O. nigra, O. ornate var. Crassa, O. perornata, O. sancta, O. simplicissima, O. subbrevis, O. tenuis, O. vizagapatensis. These species are being reported for the first time from the study area.