Cosmarium
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida

Observations on Cosmarium botrytis

Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger

Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Algae green-colored (2: Desmidiaceae): Cosmarium / Cosmarium botrytis – Prof. R. Lenzenweger

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Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Heterocarpella botrytis Bory 1825
                               Euastrum botrytis (Meneghini ex Ralfs) Nägeli 1849
                               Didymidium botrytis (Bory) Reinsch 1866
                               Ursinella botrytis (Bory) Kuntze 1891

Dimension: Length 60 – 100 µm, width 50 – 80 µm.

Occurrence: Widely spread in oligotrophic up to low eutropic waters of Central Europe.

Left: Original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger.
Right: Photomicrograph by Prof. Lenzenweger. For microphotography, the microscope illumination was adjusted in such a way that as many features as possible that are important for species identification are prominently displayed.

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