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Description:
Staurastrum gratum WHELDEN
The cells are 1/3 longer than wide coarsely oval in shape, tri-radial, but similar to a Cosmarium. Thr central cuts are shallow, the cell edges with small waves. The cell wall is covered with concentric rings of small warts. The vertex view is triangular with broadly rounded off ends.
Length 40 µm, width 30 µm.
Occurrence: Known only from northern areas (Baffin Island ans Labrador).
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida
- Streptophyta
- Zygnemophyceae
- Zygnematophycidae
- Desmidiales
- Desmidiaceae
- Staurastrum
- Staurastrum gratum
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- Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger
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