Non-filamentous desmid. The depht of focus picture shows a cell with stelloid chloroplasts. Digital drawing using about 65 frames generating depth of focus, stacked manually using Corel Photopaint.
Sample from sphagnum pond Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). Images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.
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