Staurastrum and
Staurodesmus
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Staurastrum senarium
Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger
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Staurastrum senarium Ralfs 1848
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Desmidium senarium Ehrenberg 1843
Stephanoxanthium senarium (Ehrenberg) Kützing 1849
Staurastrum furcatum var. senarium (Ehrenberg) Nordstedt ????
Staurastrum elyanum C.Bernard 1908
Note: Coesel synonymizes St. senarium and St. forficulatum var. verrucosum. However, the range of dimensions of the two species differ significantly from each other, for the latter it is given:
Length (35)–40–50 µm, width (32)–40–48 µm!
Dimension: Length 26–33 µm, width 30–37 µm.
Occurrence: Common in shallow waters between sphagnum, in lowlands and alpine regions.
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.
Copyright by Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger, Ried im Innkreis, Austria.
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