Cells are joined by long stalks made of jelly.
Roughly spherical cells embedded in common jelly.
Cells have envelopes and whip-like flagella; arranged in a loose branching pattern.
Colonies are roughly spherical aggregates of cells, each of which has whip-like flagella pointing outwards.
![[Gomphonema] attached to [Cladophora], X320. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/gomphonema__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Chrysocapsa], Flemming River, X640. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/chrysocapsa640flemming__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Dinobryon], Moke Lake, X320. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/dinobryon__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Synura], Unitec stream, X200. Photo: Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/synuraunitec__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)