Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
 Archaeplastida (Part) 

Observations on Cosmarium hammeri var. homalodermum

Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger

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Cosmarium hammeri var. homalodermum (Nordstedt) West & G.S.West 1905

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Cosmarium homalodermum Nordstedt 1875

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Cosmarium hammeri var . homalodermum original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger
Cosmarium hammeri var . homalodermum

Dimension: Length 50–65 µm, width 40–60 µm.

Occurrence: Widespread in fens, wet meadows and the like.

Left: Original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger.
Right: Photomicrograph by Prof. Lenzenweger. For microphotography, the microscope illumination was adjusted in such a way that as many features as possible that are important for species identification are prominently displayed.

Copyright by Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger, Ried im Innkreis, Austria.

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