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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 (Ehrenberg) Hassall var. crux-melitensis,
tape No. 0053, time code 0625,
Hiroshima Pref., Japan, September 1998, by Y. Tsukii
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