Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
 Archaeplastida (Part) 

Observations on Micrasterias thomasiana var. notata

Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger

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Micrasterias thomasiana var. notata (Nordstedt) Grönblad 1920

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Micrasterias denticulata var. notata Nordstedt 1888

Add’l Synonyms: Micrasterias notata (Nordstedt) Y.Okada 1952

Micrasterias rotata original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger
Micrasterias rotata

Dimension: Length (170)–210–290–(300) µm, width (145)–180–260–(280) µm, L/W (1.03)–1.1–1.2–(1.25).

Occurrence: Common in marsh areas and forest ponds both in lowlands and in alpine regions, considerably more frequent than the type variety of species Micrasterias thomasiana.

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