Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on ***Micrasterias truncata* var. *quadrata***

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Micrasterias truncata var. quadrata Bulnheim 1859

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Micrasterias truncata var. rotundata Y.V.Roll 1924
Micrasterias quadrata (C.O.Bulnhein) S.Thunmark 1942
Micrasterias truncata f. quadrata (Bulnheim) H.Croasdale 1977

Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Place name: Bog Waasenmoos Pass Thurn near Mittersil (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.30234117 Longitude: 12.41751194

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF image.

Sampling date 05/2007. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Two images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the cell surface. The inset shows the cell wall ornamentation in higher magnification.
Second:	Optical cross-section through the cell showing chloroplasts, pyrenoids and nucleus.

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Place name: Bog Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.136219 Longitude: 10.026433

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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