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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium subalatum
W. et G.S. West

Cosmarium subalatum 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).
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Cosmarium subalatum W. et G.S. West ? (Margaritiferae), cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium subalatum


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