Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Closterium ralfsii var. hybridum

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Closterium ralfsii var. hybridum Rabenhorst 1863

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Closterium ralfsii var. hybridum

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 100 µm (in the slide changer), 50 µm (fifth image).

Five images, four of them in a slide changer.

First:Synoptic representation of the cell surface. Four ribs of the stellate chloroplasts can be seen.
Second:Optical cross-section depicting 2 ribs of the stellate chloroplasts.
Third:A further optical cross-section.
Fourth:The focus of the optical cross-section is on the cell nucleus.
Fifth:Detail: striated cell wall. The bars in the enlarged inset mark 10 µm. The striation has a density of 10 lines/10 µm.

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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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