Am currently working on water quality of a dam in South-west Nigeria and observed 80% morphologically diverse Staurastrum species which i need help with identifying. Need an expert to contact me. Thank you.
The inclination is towards Staurastrum tetracerum. Were there prominent finger like projections at the apices of the arms? It is not clearly discernible in the picture. However, if there were, then the species could be S. longipes. S. arachne visibly appears similar but has more centralized chloroplasts.