Closteriaceae –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Closterium rostratum
Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Algae green-colored (2: Desmidiaceae): Closterium / Closterium rostratum
Position in the EOL taxonomic tree. Please click on the tree view below to access EOL (Encyclopedia of Life).
Closterium rostratum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Stauroceras acus Kützing 1843
Arthrodia rostrata (Ralfs) Kuntze 1891
Closterium rostratum var. laeve Capdevielle 1983
Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Four images.
| First: | Synoptic representation of the cell surface. The striation has a density of 8 lines/10 µm. |
| Second: | Enlarged section of the cell center. |
| Third and fourth: | Optical cross-section through the stellate chloroplast. |
| Fifth: | The focus of the optical cross-section is on the pyrenoids, the nucleus and the terminal vacuoles. |
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: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)
Latitude: 49.88482168 Longitude: 9.0998082
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
images under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).
For permission to use of (high resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.








