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

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

Two images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the lobes (cell outline) and optical cross-section through the chloroplasts showing numerous golden storage grains.
Second:	Synoptic representation of the cell surface.

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

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1, 2), 100 (3).

Three images.

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Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)
Latitude: 49.88482168 Longitude: 9.09980822

(1, 2): Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
(3): Stereo microscope Olympus SZX16, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII.

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