Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Closterium costatum

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Closterium costatum Corda ex Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Closterium crassestriatum W.Archer 1879
                               Arthrodia costata (Ralfs) Kuntze 1891
                               Closterium varzinense J.Sampaio 1922
                               Closterium costatum var. multinucleatum Deflandre 1925
                               Closterium costatum f. sigmoideum Corillion ????

Closterium costatum

Sampling date 06/2013. Scale bar indicates 100 µm.

Place name: Wetland Mittermoos near Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria) 
Latitude: 47.47998695     Longitude: 12.5240922

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF image.

Closterium costatum

Sampling date 05/2014. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Place name: Wetland in the forest Kobernausserwald (Upper Austria) 
Latitude: 48.049321     Longitude: 13.409805

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF image.

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