Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Staurastrum forficulatum

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Staurastrum forficulatum P.Lundell 1871

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Staurastrum forficulatum var. longicorne Schmidle 1898
                               Staurastrum orbiculare var. forficulatum (P.Lundell) Playfair 0

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Three images (DIC).

First:Synoptic representation of the cell wall.
Second:Optical cross-section through the chloroplasts showing some of their lobes and storage substances (fat droplets called oleosomes).
Third:The optical cross section through the cell shows the two pyrenoids and storage substances (oleosomes). In the pyrenoids, the cell produces the storage substance starch.

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Place name: Wetland Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439     Longitude: 12.53826499

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Two optical cross-sections (brightfield).

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Place name: Wetland Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439     Longitude: 12.53826499

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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