Gamophyceae:
Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Micrasterias truncata
(Corda) Brébisson var. truncata
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 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
63 μm
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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