Staurastrum and
Staurodesmus
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Staurastrum refractum
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Staurastrum refractum Delponte 1877
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Staurastrum inconspicuum Nordstedt 1873
Staurastrum inconspicuum var. crassum F.Gay 1884
Staurastrum inconspicuum var. abbreviatum Raciborski 1885
Staurastrum subrefractum Lemaire ????
Staurastrum inconspicuum var. vogesiacum Lemaire ????
Staurastrum inconspicuum var. planctonicum G.M.Smith 1924
Staurodesmus minutissimus (Averswald) Teiling 1967
Note: Staurastrum inconspicuum Nordstedt, nom. illeg. 1873 according to Notulae Algarum 2025:
Levanets, A. & Janse van Vuuren, S. (2025). The correct name for Staurastrum inconspicuum Nordstedt (Staurastrum minutissimum Averswald pro parte) (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae). Notulae Algarum 360: 1–4.
Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.
Three images.
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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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