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Micrasterias truncata </em>var.<em> bahusiensis Desmid Species Outer Hebrides

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Phylum: Charophyta   Family: Desmidiaceae

Micrasterias truncata var. bahusiensis V.B. Wittrock 1869

First described and illustrated by Wittrock (1869: 9, fig. 2). West & West (1905: 85) note: “Cells with large outstanding polar lobes; incisions below the polar lobes widely open.” The sinus is also gaping.
Cell dimensions: L: 90-115 µm; B: 85-105 µm; Is: 15-20 µm; L/B: 1.00-1.20.
Found in acidic mesotrophic waters such as moorland pools and abandoned peat-cuttings. Rarely encountered.

References: 
Coesel, P.F.M. & Meesters, K.J. (2023 second edition) Desmids of the Lowlands.
Ruzicka, J. (1981) Die Desmidiaceen Mitteleuropas, Volume 1, Part 2.
West, W. & West, G.S. (1905) A Monograph of the British Desmidiaceae, Volume 2.
Wittrock, V.B. (1869) Anteckningar om Scandinavins Desmidiaceer.

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