Green-colored Algae without Flagella –
Archaeplastida (Part), SAR-Stramenopiles (Part)

Observations on Asterococcus superbus

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Asterococcus superbus (Cienkowski) Scherffel 1908

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Pleurococcus superbus Cienkowski 1865

Add’l Synonyms: Chlamydomonas scherffelii Korshikov 1917

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Sampling date 04/2007. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Two images. This alga is characterized by layers of mucilaginous envelopes around each cell and another gelatinous jacket covering the whole colony. The picture also shows contractile vacuoles.

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Place name: Bogs near Salzburg (Austria)
Latitude: 48.068516 Longitude: 12.954134

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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Sampling date 08/2012. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Two images.

First:	Two cells within mucilaginous sheeth.
Second:	Close-up view. In the center of the cell we see the pyrenoid amidst the stellate chloroplast. The right cell shows, in addition, the nucleus (1) and one of the two contractile vacuoles in maximum extension. In the left cell the two vontractile vacuoles (2) are visible.

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

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF images.

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Observations on Asterococcus superbus

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