| Cosmarium biretum; dividing specimens; focus plane on the center of the cells | 
									
									
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										| Cosmarium biretum; dividing specimens; focal plane on the cell surface | 
									
									
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									  | Cosmarium biretum; another dividing stage (3) | 
								  
									
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										| Cosmarium biretum; focus plane on the center of the cells (2) | 
									
									
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										| Cosmarium biretum; focus plane on the cell wall. (2) | 
									
									
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										| Cosmarium biretum; focus plane on the cell wall of a macerated specimen. (2) | 
									
									
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									  | Cosmarium biretum; specimens from. (4) | 
								  
									
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										| Location: Nature reserve Heiliges Meer, Sphagnum/ Utricularia pond (1); Wodantal, Hattingen, ephemeral puddle (2); (3);Kerkpad, Hollum, Ameland, NL, Kerkpad, trough (4) | 
									
									
										| Habitat: Periphyton / detritus (1); (2); (3); detritus (4) | 
									
									
										| Date: 13.09.2011 (1); 05.02.2016 (2)13.09.2011 (1); 18.04.2017 (3); 21.10.2018 (4) | 
									
									
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