 
 
Gamophyceae: 
Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Micrasterias truncata
(Corda) Brébisson var. quadrata Bulnheim
|  Genus: 
Cell body flat, large, variable in shape, longer than wide; strong constriction at center; 
each semicell with several notches; cell wall with many short spines 
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). Species:
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Micrasterias truncata (Corda) Brébisson var. truncata, 
cell body about 110 μm long, 105 μm wide, L/W=1.0, isthmus about 20 μm wide, 
x 640, Kamitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
Cell body 113 μm long, 110 μm wide, L/W=1.0, isthmus 20 μm wide, x 640
 
 
 
Images of collecting locality: 
Kamitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
 
 
 
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