Green-colored Algae without Flagella –
Archaeplastida (Part), SAR-Stramenopiles (Part)
Observations on Eremosphaera viridis
Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Algae green-colored (1) / Archaeplastida / Chlorophyta / Trebouxiophyceae / Oocystaceae / Eremosphaera viridis
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Eremosphaera viridis De Bary 1858
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Chlorosphaera oliveri Henfrey 1859
Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Three images.
| First: | Synoptic representation of the parietal chloroplasts. |
| Second and third: | Two optical cross sections. |
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Place name: Bog Waasenmoos, Pass Thurn near Mittersill (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.30234117 Longitude: 12.41751194 Elevation: 1200 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2023. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1), 10 µm (2).
Two images.
| First: | The picture shows, as is typical for Eremosphaera viridis, many disc-shaped chloroplasts, each with a pyrenoid in the center. In the pyrenoids, the cell produces the storage substance starch, which is deposited as a shell. |
| Second: | Close-up of the chloroplasts. |
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Place name: Wetland Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439 Longitude: 12.53826499
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 04/2007. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Three images.
| First: | Overview taken with a dissecting microscope. |
| Second and third: | Single cells. |
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Place name: Bog Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.136219 Longitude: 10.026433 Elevation: 28 m
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.
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