Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
 Archaeplastida (Part) 

Observations on Euastrum oblongum

Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger

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Euastrum oblongum Greville ex Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Euastrum pecten Ehrenberg 1832
                               Echinella oblonga Greville 1833
                               Micrasterias sinuata L.A.Brébisson 1835
                               Eutomia oblonga (Greville) Harvey 1841
                               Euastrum oblongiforme C.Cramer 1863
                               Euastrum oblongum f. oblongiforme (C.Cramer) G.Rabenhorst 1868
                               Helierella pecten (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1891
                               Euastrum oblongum var. depauperatum West & G.S.West 1905

Euastrum oblongum original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger
Euastrum oblongum

Description: The cells are appr. 2 times longer than wide and slenderly elliptical in shape. The cell halves consists of two clearly distinguishable sets of lobes which are weakly concave in the center. The vertex lobes are clearly contrasted, widened wedge-shaped with a cut in the center. The cuts in the middle of the cell are not peripherally widened. There exists a big pore in the middle of the cell halves between the two humps. Further humps are visible at the lateral lobes. The cell wall is covered with densely packed pores.

Dimension: Length (100)–140–180–(205) µm, width (45)–65–85–(110) µm, L/W 1.7–2.2–(2.6).

Occurrence: Adaptable alga, ubiquitous.

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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