Type of filamentous desmids with coat. Mucilage is secreted through evenly distributed over cell . Picture generated from 4 shots using CombineZ by Alan Hadley (depth of focus). The indicates 50 µm.
Sample from sphagnum pond Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). This image was taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.
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