Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Cosmarium neodepressum

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Cosmarium neodepressum G.J.P.Ramos & C.W.N.Moura 2020

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Euastrum depressum Nägeli 1849
                               Cosmarium depressum (Nägeli) P.Lundell 1871
                               Ursinella depressa (Nägeli) Kuntze ????

Coesel & Meesters “Desmids of the Lowlands” (2023) cite Cosmarium scenedesmus Delponte 1877 as the valid taxon for C. depressum. Unfortunately, no reference is made there to the taxon C. neodepressum.

Cosmarium neodepressum

Sampling date 09/2010. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Place name: Bog Hegne Moor near Lake Constance (Germany) 
Latitude: 47.718106     Longitude: 9.093974

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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