12 The Essex Naturalist P. tetras (Ehrenb.) Ralfs (S & B 1962) Scenedesmus aculeolatus Reinsch S. acuminatus (Lagerh.) Chod. (coll. S & B 1979) S. acuminatus (Lagerh.) Chod. fo. tortuosus (Skuja) Korsh. S. armatus Chod. S. disciformis (Chod.) Fott & Korn. S. grahneisii (Heynig) Fott S. obliquus (Turp.) Kutz.) (Sc) S. opoliensis P. Richt. (B & S) S. quadricauda (Turp.) Breb.) (B&S 1962, C1893) S. semipulcher Hortob. S. sempervirens Chod. S. serratus (Corda) Bohl. Siderocelis ornata (Fott) Fott Sphaerocystis planktonica (Korsh.) Bourr. Tetraedron caudatum (Corda) Hansg. T. incus (Teil.) G. M. Smith (coll. S & B 1979) T. minimum (A. Br.) Hansg. Tetrastrum glabrum (Roll) Ahlstr. & Tiff. T. staurogeniaeforme (Schrad.) Lemm. Chlorophyta, Ulotrichales Catena viridis Chod. Koliella longiseta (Vischer) Hindak Chlorophyta, Conjugates Cosmarium bioculatum Breb. Staurastrum tetracerum Ralfs Prasinophyceae Tetraselmis cordiformis Stein Xanthophyta (nomenclature follows Ettl 197S) Centritractus belonophorus Lemm. Goniochloris contorta (Bourrelly) Ettl G. fallax Fott (coll. S & B 1979) Trachydiscus lenticularis Ettl Chrysophyta (nomenclature follows Huber- Pestalozzi 1941) Anthophysa vegetans (Mull.) Stein (Sc 1944) Chrysococcus rufescens Klebs (Sc 1944) Dinobryon Sertularia Ehrenb. Pedinelia hexacostata Vysotskii (coll. S & B 1979) Dinophyta Cerarium hirundinella Ehrenb. (coll. S & B 1979) Gymnodinrum aeruginosum Stein Haptophyta Hymenomonas roseola Stein (coll. S & B 1979) Euglenophyta (nomenclature follows Huber- Pestalozzi 1955) Euglena acus Ehrenb. (Sc 1944) E. Spirogyra Ehrenb. (Sc 1944) E. tripteris (Duj.) Klebs (Sc 1944) Phacus acuminatus Stokes P. longicauda (Ehrenb.) Duj. P. pseudonordstedtii Pochm. Trachelomonas hispida (Perry) Stein em Defl. (Sc 1944) T. volvocina Ehrenb. (Sc 1944) T. volvocinopsis Swir. Cyanophyta (nomenclature follows Huber- Pestalozzi 1938) Chroococcus limneticus Lemm. Microcystis aeruginosa Kutz. M. stagnalis Lemm. We would very much like to hear of any published lists of Essex freshwater algae other than those listed here. References Cooke, M C.1893. The freshwater algae of Essex; a preliminary list of recorded species. Essex Naturalist 7: 170-179. Ettl, H, 1978. Susswasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Vol. 3, part 1. Xanthophyceae. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. Huber-Pestalozzi, G, 1938. Das Phytoplankton des Siisswassers. Vol. 16, part 1 Blaualgen, Bakterien, Pilze. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart.