Cosmarium
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida

Observations on Cosmarium porteanum

Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Algae green-colored (2: Desmidiaceae): Cosmarium / Cosmarium porteanum

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Cosmarium porteanum W.Archer 1860 (as ‘portianum’)

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Ursinella portiana (W.Archer) Kuntze ????
Cosmarium porteanum var. orthostichum Schmidle 1894

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

Three images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the cell surface (frontal view).
Second:	Optical cross-section showing nucleus, chloroplasts, assimilate globules and pyrenoids.
Third:	Synoptic representation of the cell surface (lateral view).

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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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Observations on Cosmarium porteanum

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