 
 
Gamophyceae: 
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
Euastrum affine
Ralfs
|  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 (or E. humerosum ?),  
cell body 141 μm long, 69 μm wide, L/W=2.0, isthmus  μm wide, 
x 640, No. 2, a marsh pond near 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
 
 
Euastrum affine Ralfs ??, 
cell body 131 μm long, 62 μm wide, L/W=2.1, isthmus  μm wide, 
x 640, No. 1, a marsh pond near 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: 
No. 2, a marsh pond near 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
 
 
 
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