Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Closterium closterioides

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Closterium closterioides (Ralfs) A.Louis & Peeters 1967

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Penium closterioides Ralfs 1848

Add’l Synonyms: Closterium libellula Focke ex Nordstedt 1873

Closterium closterioides

Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bar indicates 100 µm.

Closterium closterioides shows its alate chloroplasts (stellate shape in cross section). Closterium closterioides shows its alate chloroplasts (stellate shape in cross section).

Place name: Wetland near Schladming (Austria) 
Latitude: 47.37386     Longitude: 13.823016

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

Closterium closterioides

Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bar indicates 100 µm.

This optical longitudinal section shows the nucleus and apical vacuoles with crystals.

Place name: Wetland near Schladming (Austria) 
Latitude: 47.37386     Longitude: 13.823016

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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