Desmidiales and
Zygnematales –
Archaeplastida

Observations on ***Hyalotheca mucosa* var. *laevicincta***

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Hyalotheca mucosa var. laevicincta (W.R.Taylor) Grönblad 1945

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Hyalotheca laevicincta W.R.Taylor 1935

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 09/2025. Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Seven optical cross-sections through the cell filament. They show (from top to bottom) the mucous rings around the cell junctions and the star-shaped lobed chloroplasts.

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Place name: Pond Kleiner Moarkopf near Lachtal (Styria, Austria)
Latitude: 47.24297 Longitude: 14.40055 Elevation: 1615 m

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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