Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Micrasterias americana

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Micrasterias americana Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Euastrum americanum Ehrenberg 1843
                               Micrasterias morsa Ralfs 1848
                               Micrasterias americana f. genuina W.M.Maskell 1888
                               Helierella americana (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1891

Micrasterias americana

Sampling date 04/2007. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Place name: Wetland in the forest Kobernaußerwald (Upper Austria)
Latitude: 48.049321     Longitude: 13.409805

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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