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Cosmarium contractum</em> var. <em>subglobosumDesmid Species Outer Hebrides

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Phylum: Charophyta   Family: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium contractum var. subglobosum K. Förster 1965

This taxon is nearly twice as long and broad. It has markedly thick cell-walls and a truncate, retuse apex.
Cell dimensions: L. 35.2-39 µm; B. 19-21 µm; Is. 8.9-9.5 µm; Th. c.18-19 µm; L/B. 1.8-1.9.
It would seem a genuinely rare taxon found in oligotrophic waters in the benthic layer.

References: 
Kouwets, F.A.C. (2025). European Flora of the Desmid Genus Cosmarium.

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