Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
 Archaeplastida (Part) 

Observations on Micrasterias denticulata

Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger

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Micrasterias denticulata Brébisson ex Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Micrasterias angulosa Hantzsch 1866
                               Micrasterias furcata var. denticulata (Brébisson) Rabenhorst 1868
                               Micrasterias denticulata var. lusitanica J.Sampaio 1922

Micrasterias denticulata original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger

Dimension: Length 200–280 µm, width 180–230 µm.

Occurrence: Widely distributed, sometimes in large numbers, in acidic to slightly acidic waters of fens, transitional mires, wet meadows, silting zones and the like.

Original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger.

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