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

Observations on Tetrastrum elegans

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Tetrastrum elegans Playfair 1917

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Tetrastrum heteracanthum f. elegans (Playfair) Ahlstrom & Tiffany 1934
Tetrastrum hastiferum (Arnoldi) Korshikov 1953

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Sampling date 12/2018. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Two images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the cell surface with one reserve substance globule per cell.
Second:	Optical cross-section showing one starch coated pyrenoid (cell at position 9 o’clock).

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Place name: Pond in the forest of Altenholz-Stift (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.384913 Longitude: 10.125691

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

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Observations on Tetrastrum elegans

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