Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Cosmarium bicuneatum

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Cosmarium bicuneatum (F.Gay) Nordstedt 1889

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Euastrum bicuneatum F.Gay 1884

Add’l Synonyms: Ursinella bicuneata (Gay) Kuntze 1891
                               Cosmarium arctoum var. tatricum Raciborski 1885

Sampling date 06/2013. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Two images.

First:Synoptic representation of the cell surface.
Second:Optical cross-section showing chloroplasts, assimilate globules and pyrenoids.

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

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

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