Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Arthorodesmus
Genus:
Cell body small, length = width, strong constriction at its center;
semicells inverted triangular, ellipsoidal, rectangular, etc. in shape; straight or slightly curved
spiny projections at each corner; one pyrenoid in each semicell; cell wall smooth
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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