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Mag. 400x

• A water sample was taken on 09/03/2023 from pond-edge using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microbes. Air temp. 80°F.

...rather than M. radiosa var. elegans, which would have narrower lobes, or M. radiosa var. ornata, which would have spines along the margins of the polar lobes. For reference images and descriptions, see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328845266_Taxonomic_notes_on_the_species_of_the_genus_Micrasterias_Desmidiaceae_Conjugatophyceae_from_the_Metropolitan_Region_of_Salvador_Bahia_Brazil.