Freshwater Algae
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Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia Compiled and edited by Tim Entwisle and Lucy Nairn. |
Staurastrum tetracerum (Kütz.) Ralfs var. tetracerum | Class Zygnematophyceae Family Desmidiaceae |
Description: L.9.3um, L. cpr. 19.3um, Br. body 7.6um, Br. cpr. 23.9um, Isth. 5.5um. Only three cells were seen in the sample and each possessed a semicell which was less developed than the other. The semicells were only slightly twisted, the processes being divergent, scarcely tapered and with their ends slightly dilated and tipped with 3–4 teeth. (Dingley 2001)
State distribution in Australia, based on available literature
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