Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Euastrum neogutwinskii

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Euastrum neogutwinskii Van Westen & Coesel 2020

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Euastrum binale f. gutwinskii Schmidle 1894
                               Euastrum binale var. gutwinskii (Schmidle) Homfeld 1929

Note: In the species description of Euastrum neogutwinskii in Coesel & Meesters “Desmids of the Lowlands” (2023), no direct relationship to the well-known taxon E. binale var. gutwinskii is established via synonymization. This taxon connection is only mentioned in a footnote.

Sampling date 06/2023. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Three images.

First:Optical cross-section through the chloroplasts showing storage substances (crystals).
Second:Optical cross section through the chloroplasts showing pyrenoids.
Third:Optical cross section through the cell showing Chloroplasts with pyrenoids and cell nucleus.

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

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

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