Cosmarium contractum var. contractum Kirchn.

SÁNCHEZ, Luzmila, SÁNCHEZ, Fernando R., RÍOS-TOUMA, Blanca & José V. MONTOYA, 2025, Desmidiales (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae) from lowland rivers and floodplain lakes of Ecuadorian Amazonia, Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (3), pp. 31-60 : 36

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2025v46a3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17067962

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C7390B66-FFF8-9136-AC62-FBBB0A9DF9B1

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Plazi

scientific name

Cosmarium contractum var. contractum Kirchn.
status

 

Cosmarium contractum var. contractum Kirchn.

( Fig. 2B View FIG )

Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien Part 1 (2): 147 ( Kirchner 1878).

DISTRIBUTION. — Cosmopolitan. Amazon Basin: Grönblad (1945); Förster (1969); Thomasson (1971, 1977); Uherkovich (1976); Uherkovich & Rai (1979); Sophia & Huszar (1996); Melo et al. (2005); Souza de et al. (2007); Melo & Souza de (2009); Cadima (2013); Cunha de et al. (2013); Feitosa et al. (2015). Western Amazonia (lowlands): Montoya (1974); Díaz-Olarte & Duque (2009).

DESCRIPTION

Cells 30.0-32.7 µm long, 23.0-23.5 µm wide, isthmus 8.0µm, cells 1.3-1.4 times longer than wide. Cells with deep median constriction, cell wall finely punctate. Ellipsoid semicells, with slightly depressed apices. Each semicell with an axial chloroplast and one central pyrenoid.

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