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Cosmarium impressulum </em>var.<em> crenulatum Desmid Species Outer Hebrides

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Phylum: Charophyta   Family: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium impressulum var. crenulatum (Nägeli) Willi Krieger & Gerloff 1965

A northern species, mostly found in the north-west of Scotland in peaty pools, especially with Sphagnum.

References: 
Krieger, W. & Gerloff, J. (1962-9) Die Gattung Cosmarium.
Coesel, P.F.M. & Meesters, K.J. (2007) Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae of the European Lowlands.
John, D.M. & Williamson, D.B. (2009) A Practical Guide to the Desmids of the West of Ireland.
West, W. & West, G.S. (1905) A Monograph of the British Desmidiaceae, Volume 2.

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