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

Observations on Tetraëdron caudatum

Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Algae green-colored (1) / Archaeplastida / Chlorophyta / Chlorophyceae / Sphaeropleales / Sphaeropleaceae / Tetraedron caudatum

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Tetraëdron caudatum (Corda) Hansgirg 1888

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Asteriscium caudatum Corda 1839

Add’l Synonyms: Polyedrium pentagonum Reinsch 1866
                               Polyedrium trigonum f. pentagonum (Reinsch) Rabenhorst 1868
                               Polyedrium pentagonum f. incisum Lagerheim 1882
                               Polyedrium caudatum (Corda) Lagerheim 1883
                               Tetraëdron caudatum f. incisum Lagerheim 1883
                               Tetraëdron caudatum var. punctatum Lagerheim 1888

Sampling date 10/2014. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Two images. The first image shows the structure of the cell envelope, the second image is an optical section through the starch-coated pyrenoid.

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Place name: Pond in Lemkendorf, isle Fehmarn (Baltic Sea, Germany)
Latitude: 54.472296 Longitude: 11.095662

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 70D. DOF images.

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Observations on Tetraëdron caudatum

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