Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Desmidium swartzii

Position in the EOL taxonomic tree. Please click on the tree view below to access EOL (Encyclopedia of Life).

Desmidium swartzii C.Agardh ex Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 06/2013. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Four images.

First:Synoptic representation of the cell surface (left chain) and optical cross-section through the stellate chloroplasts..
Second:Optical cross-section through the cells (left chain) showing storage globules.

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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.

Desmidium swartzii

Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Place name: Wetland near Schladming (Austria)
Latitude: 47.37386     Longitude: 13.823016

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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