Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Actinotaenium cucurbitinum

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Actinotaenium cucurbitinum (Bisset) Teiling 1954

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Penium cucurbitinum Bisset 1884

Add’l Synonyms: Penium cucurbitinum var. subpolymorphum Nordstedt 1887
                               Penium cucurbitinum f. majus West & G.S.West 1904
                               Cosmarium cucurbitinum (Bisset) Lütkemüller 1910
                               Cosmarium cucurbitinum var. grande Grönblad 1921
                               Actinotaenium cucurbitinum var. subpolymorphum (Nordstedt) Teiling 1954

Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Two images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the cell surface.
Second:	Optical cross-section showing chloroplasts and golden assimilate particles.
Third:	Optical cross-section showing nucleus and chloroplasts with their pyrenoids.

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Place name: Bog Waasenmoos Pass Thurn near Mittersil (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.30234117 Longitude: 12.41751194

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

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Observations on Actinotaenium cucurbitinum

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