Desmidiales and
Zygnematales –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Actinotaenium cucurbitinum
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Actinotaenium cucurbitinum (Bisset) Teiling 1954
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Penium cucurbitinum Bisset 1884
Add’l Synonyms: Penium cucurbitinum var. subpolymorphum Nordstedt 1887
Penium cucurbitinum f. majus West & G.S.West 1904
Cosmarium cucurbitinum (Bisset) Lütkemüller 1910
Cosmarium cucurbitinum var. grande Grönblad 1921
Actinotaenium cucurbitinum var. subpolymorphum (Nordstedt) Teiling 1954
Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Two images.
| First: | Synoptic representation of the cell surface. |
| Second: | Optical cross-section showing chloroplasts and golden assimilate particles. |
| Third: | Optical cross-section showing nucleus and chloroplasts with their pyrenoids. |
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Place name: Bog Waasenmoos, Pass Thurn near Mittersill (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.30234117 Longitude: 12.41751194 Elevation: 1200 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
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