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Chlorophyta: Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
Cosmarium sp.
Genus: Unicellular; variable in shape; a constriction at the center of the cell body;
mostly longer than wide; flattened; each semicell hemispherical, spherical, ellipsoidal,
rectangular, pyramidal or kidney-shaped; no apical indentation
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Cosmarium sp., similar to C. maculatum but surface granulated,
tape No. 0067, time code 1324,
cell body 111 μm long, 66 μm wide,
Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
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