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Closterium idiosporum </em>var.<em> punctatum Desmid Species Outer Hebrides

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Phylum: Charophyta   Family: Closteriaceae

Closterium idiosporum var. punctatum (Skuja) Willi Krieg 1935

The vegetative cells can only be reliably separated when found with the zygospores; rectangular in var. punctatum, elliptical in the nominate.

References: 
Coesel, P.F.M. & Meesters, K.J. (2007) Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae of the European Lowlands

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