Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Cosmarium pseudopyramidatum

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Cosmarium pseudopyramidatum P.Lundell 1871

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Cosmarium pyramidatum var. minus Reinsch 1866
                               Euastrum pseudopyramidatum (P.Lundell) F.Gay 1884
                               Cosmarium pseudopyramidatum f. minus Raciborski 1892
                               Cosmarium pyramidatum var. pseudocucumis G.A.Klebs ????
                               Ursinella pseudopyramidata (Lundell) Kuntze ????
                               Cosmarium pyramidatum f. major Nordstedt ????

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Two images.

First:Synoptic representation of the cell wall. The cell wall pores can be seen as fine dots.
Second:Optical cross-section through the chloroplasts showing the pyrenoids and the cell nucleus.

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Place name: Wetland Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439     Longitude: 12.53826499

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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