Micrasterias
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida

Observations on Micrasterias pinnatifida

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Micrasterias pinnatifida Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Euastrum pinnatifidum Kützing 1845
Euastrum pinnatifidum G.W.Focke 1847
Euastrum didymacanthum Nägeli 1849
Tetrachastrum pinnatifidum (Ralfs) R.V.Dixon 1859
Tetrachastrum didymacanthum (Nägeli) W.Archer 1861
Micrasterias oscitans var. pinnatifida (Kützing ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst 1868
Holocystis pinnatifida (Kützing) Nordstedt 1896

Sampling date 06/2026. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Four images. Optical journey into the cell.

First:	Synoptic representation of the cell wall structure and the furcate chloroplasts.
Second and third:	Optical cross-section showing parts of the chloroplasts and several circular, luminous structures, spherical assimilate bodies with storage lipids (oleosomes).
Fourth:	Optical cross-section showing the nucleus with its central nucleolus.

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Place name: Moor called Schwemm near Walchsee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.657707 Longitude: 12.299540 Elevation: 669 m

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

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