Hello Anuoluwapo,

Judging from the magnification of the image, the specimen could be anything from coccoid member of Cyanophyceae to Chlorophyceae to even Chrysophyceae. However, looking at the cells at the very top of the image, somehow I feel they are Nannochloropsis. I might be wrong though since I don't have anything from the image to work with to decipher the taxon.

I hope it helps you.

Regards,

Dr. Abhishek Mukherjee

Abhishek Mukherjee, thank you for your response, it is well appreciated. I will try to get a clearer image.

Dear Anuoluwapo,

The image is not magnified enough for identification. Thus, life cycle should be observed as a whole for identification at species level.

If you want some help, you can send me more photos.

Kind regards,

Perhaps synechocysts species

Thank you so much Thaís Garcia da Silva . I will get some pictures across to you. This is well appreciated.