Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Closterium kuetzingii

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Closterium kuetzingii Brébisson 1856

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Stauroceras intermedium Kützing 1849
                               Closterium rostratum var. kuetzingii (Brébisson) Klebs 1879
                               Arthrodia kuetzingiis (Brébisson) Kuntze 1891
                               Closterium kuetzingii var. onychosporum West & G.S.West 1905
                               Closterium kuetzingii var. laeve Willi Krieger 1935
                               Stauroceras kuetzingii (Brébisson) Cedergren 1938
                               Closterium kuetzingii f. sigmoideum Irénée-Marie 1939

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Two images.

 

First:Synoptic representation of the cell surface. The bars in the enlarged inset mark 10 µm. The striation has a density of 12 lines/10 µm.
Second:Optical cross-section showing cell nucleus and chloroplasts.

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Place name: Wetland at the Pillersee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.531785     Longitude: 12.573095

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

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