Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
 Archaeplastida (Part) 

Observations on Cosmarium turpinii

Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger

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Cosmarium turpinii Brébisson 1856

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Heterocarpella didelta Turpin ????
                               Ursinella didelta (Turpin) Kuntze ????
                               Ursinella turpinii (Brébisson) Kuntze ????

Cosmarium turpinii original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger
Cosmarium turpinii

Dimension: Length (51)–60–77–(88) µm, width (43)–50–73 µm.

Occurrence: Widespread in the shore areas of creeks, lakes and ponds, it sometimes also gets into the plankton.

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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