Green-colored Algae without Flagella –
Archaeplastida (Part), SAR-Stramenopiles (Part)
Observations on Tetrastrum elegans
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Tetrastrum elegans Playfair 1917
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Tetrastrum heteracanthum f. elegans (Playfair) Ahlstrom & Tiffany 1934
Tetrastrum hastiferum (Arnoldi) Korshikov 1953
Sampling date 12/2018. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.
Two images.
| First: | Synoptic representation of the cell surface with one reserve substance globule per cell. |
| Second: | Optical cross-section showing one starch coated pyrenoid (cell at position 9 o’clock). |
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Place name: Pond in the forest of Altenholz-Stift (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.384913 Longitude: 10.125691
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
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