 
 
Gamophyceae: 
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
Euastrum affine
(Greville) Ralfs var. ??
|  Subgenus: Entomum (Apical area deeply indented or notched) Section: Incisa (Cell surface smooth; apical area without spiny projections)
 Species: 
Cell body elongated ellipsoidal, 98-117-(123) μm long, 53-64-(67) μm wide,
L/W=2;  semicells consisting of five lobes (one terminal, four lateral); bay opening between 
terminal and anterior lateral lobe is deep and narrow; anterior lateral lobes smaller than posterior one; 
posterior lobes with slight depressions; terminal lobe laterally extended and apically flattened; 
semicell with 5 bulges (2 anterior, 3 posterior), 1 pore present between the anterior bulges 
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Similar genus -->> 	E. affine, E. humerosum, E. pinnatum
Euastrum affine (Greville) Ralfs var. affine, 
cell body 147 μm long, 75 μm wide, L/W=2.0, isthmus 20 μm wide, 
x 640, Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
Cell body 145 μm long, 74 μm wide, L/W=2.0, isthmus 20 μm wide, x 640
 
 
Cell body 140 μm long, 71 μm wide, L/W=2.0, isthmus 19 μm wide, x 640
 
 
 
Cell body 140 μm long, 71 μm wide, L/W=2.0, isthmus 18 μm wide, x 640
 
Euastrum affine (Greville) Ralfs var. affine, 
cell body 147 μm long, 78 μm wide, isthmus 24 μm wide, 
x 400, x 640, Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
 
 
 
 
Images of collecting locality: 
Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
 
 
 
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