Staurastrum and
Staurodesmus
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida

Observations on Staurastrum vestitum

Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Algae green-colored (2: Desmidiaceae): Staurastrum / Staurastrum vestitum

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Staurastrum vestitum Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Didymidium vestitum (Ralfs) Reinsch 1866
Staurastrum complanatum Delponte 1877
Staurastrum vestitum var. ornatum Istvanfy 1887
Staurastrum perrinii Auclair 1910
Staurastrum anatinum var. vestitum (Ralfs) A.J.Brook 1959
Staurastrum anatinum f. vestitum (Ralfs) A.J.Brook 1959

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Three images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the cell wall.
Second:	Optical cross-section through the chloroplasts.
Third:	This optical cross-section through the cell shows the two pyrenoids. In the pyrenoids, the cell produces the storage substance starch.

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

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

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Four images. The same specimen as in the previous series, but rotated 90° clockwise.

First:	Synoptic representation of the cell wall.
Second and fourth:	Optical cross-section through the chloroplasts.
Third:	Optical cross-section through the cell showing the two pyrenoids.

Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!

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

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

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Two images, apical views.

Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!

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

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

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Observations on Staurastrum vestitum

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