Tortitaenia alpina (Schmidle) Brook 1998
Tortitaenia alpina, a species with a single a central chloroplast with radiating spiral ridges. This is in contrast to Spirotaenia, which has a single ribbon-shaped parietal chloroplast.
Tortitaenia alpina, detail of the periphery of the chloroplast.
Tortitaenia alpina, focus plane on the center of the cells
 
 
Location: Ahrntal, South Tyrol, Italy, pond
Habitat: Periphyton
Date: 09.10.2014
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
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