Micrasterias
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Micrasterias truncata
Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger
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Micrasterias truncata Brébisson ex Ralfs 1848
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Cosmarium truncatum Corda 1839
Cosmarium quadragies-cuspidatum Corda 1840
Euastrum scutum G.W.Focke 1847
Micrasterias quadragies-cuspidata (Corda) Ralfs 1848
Micrasterias neodamensis A.Braun 1856
Micrasterias truncata f. granulata Raciborski 1889
Micrasterias truncata f. incisa De Toni 1889
Micrasterias truncata var. quadragies-cuspidata De Toni 1889
Micrasterias truncata f. punctata Raciborski 1889
Micrasterias truncata f. monstrosa G.R.Cedergren 1913
Micrasterias truncata f. neodamensis (Braun) J.Dick 1926
Micrasterias truncata var. neodamensis (Braun) Willi Krieger 1939
Micrasterias truncata var. truncata C.E.M.Bicudo & R.M.T.Bicudo 1965
Dimension: Length (60)–85–120–(145) µm, width (60)–85–110–(135) µm, L/W (0.9)–1.0–1.15–(1.2).
Occurrence: As an acidophilic algae species, it is common and widespread in acidic waters and among peat mosses in raised bogs, sometimes even in massive quantities.
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astraea
bipyramidatum
cinctum
pulchrum
melicerta
lunatus
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montanum
directum
truncatum
vestitum
var. vestitum
meneghinianum
didelta
furcata
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wailesii
filifera
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