Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on 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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