Imagem de Cosmarium tetraophthalmum

Descrição:

Description: The cells are 1.5 times longer than wide and trapezoid in shape, the cell terminations are truncated. The cell wall is covered with scattered standing warts. The central cuts are deep and strongly broadened towards the periphery.

Dimension: Length 90–120–(135) µm, width 60–86–(94) µm.

Occurrence: Very adaptable alga, in medium acidic up to alcaline waters. Ubiquitous, often abundant.

Left: Original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger.
Right: Photomicrograph by Prof. Lenzenweger. For microphotography, the microscope illumination was adjusted in such a way that as many features as possible that are important for species identification are prominently displayed.

Copyright by Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger, Ried im Innkreis, Austria.

© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
images under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).
For permission to use of (high resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.

For further information about the image, please click here: Link to protisten.de page