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Cosmarium goniodes </em>var.<em> subturgidum Desmid Species Outer Hebrides

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Phylum: Charophyta   Family: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium goniodes var. subturgidum West & G.S. West 1902

In Europe this small taxon is regarded as widely distributed in acidic oligo-mesotrophic habitats. It was first recorded in the Outer Hebrides in 2023 but could easily be overlooked due to its small size.

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

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