Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Staurastrum scabrum

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Staurastrum scabrum Brébisson 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Staurastrum subscabrum Nordstedt 1878
                               Cosmoastrum scabrum (Brébisson) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982
                               Cosmoastrum subscabrum (Nordstedt) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982

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

Three images.

First:Synoptic representation of the surfaces of two cells. They were oriented almost in opposite directions.
Second:Synoptic representation of the cell surface (lower specimen).
Third:Optical cross-section through the cell showing the pyrenoids (one in each chloroplast).

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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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