 
 
Gamophyceae: 
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
Cosmarium oblongum
Bennett
|  Species: Cell body small in size, 50-56 μm long, 22-23 μm wide, L/W=2-2.5, 
slightly constricted at the center; semicells elongate ellipsoidal in shape, cell wall smooth; 
chloroplast laminae ridged and radially arranged 
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). | 
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Cosmarium oblongum Bennett ?, 
cell body  μm long,  μm wide, L/W=, isthmus  μm wide, 
x 640, Chigo-ike (marsh pond) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
Cosmarium oblongum Bennett, 
cell body  μm long,  μm wide, L/W=, isthmus  μm wide, 
x 640, No.2, Chigo-ike marsh (or Yakebitai marsh) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
Images of collecting locality: 
Chigo-ike (marsh pond) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
 
 
 
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