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Chlorophyta: Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Desmidiaceae

Micrasterias crux-melitensis
(Ehrenberg) Hassall var. crux-melitensis

Genus: Cell body flat, large, variable in shape, longer than wide; strong constriction at center; each semicell with several notches; cell wall with many short spines (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: 102-129 μm long, 84-124 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Micrasterias crux-melitensis var. crux-melitensis, after cell division ?, wtape No. 0053, time code 0000, 0124, Torinome Kasen park, Kuroiso city, Tochigi Pref. Japan, Sep 21, 1998 by Y. Tsukii


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