Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Closterium lunula

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Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Vibrio lunula O.F.Müller 1784
                               Echinella radiosa Acharius 1810
                               Closterium lunula var. coloratum G.A.Klebs 1879
                               Closterium affine F.Gay ????
                               Arthrodia lunula (Ralfs) Kuntze 1891
                               Arthrodia linearis Rafinesque 1891
                               Closterium lunula f. minus West & G.S.West 1904
                               Closterium lanceolatum var. coloratum (G.A.Klebs) Playfair 1908
                               Closterium lunula f. coloratum (G.A.Klebs) Kossinskaja 1951

Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Two images.

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

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Four images.

First:Synoptic representation of the cell surface.
Second:The focus of the optical cross-section is on the numerous pyrenoids.
Third:The focus of the optical cross-section is on the nucleus.
Fourth:The focus of the optical cross-section is on the terminal vacuoles

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Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany) 
Latitude: 49.88482168     Longitude: 9.0998082

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

Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Three images.

First:Synoptic representation of the cell surface.
Second:The focus of the optical cross-section is on the numerous pyrenoids.
Third:The focus of the optical cross-section is on the nucleus and the terminal vacuoles.

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Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)
Latitude: 49.88482168     Longitude: 9.0998082

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

Closterium lunula

Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Close-up of the cell nucleus and pyrenoids.

Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)
Latitude: 49.88482168     Longitude: 9.0998082

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

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