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Cosmarium pseudoornatum Desmid Species Outer Hebrides

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Phylum: Charophyta   Family: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium pseudoornatum B. Eichler & Gutwinski 1894

An acidophilic desmid found in moorland pools and in the plankton of loch-margins. It would seem to rare in the British Isles with earlier records from sites in Sutherland, Scotland.

References: 
Coesel, P.F.M. & Meesters, K.J. (2007) Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae of the European Lowlands.
John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. (2011 second edition) The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles.
Kouwets, F.A.C. (in manuscript) European Flora of the Desmid Genus Cosmarium.

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