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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Staurastrum hirsutum
(Ehrenberg) Brébisson in Ralfs

Staurastrum hirsutum Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal, ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)
Subgenus: lacks arm-like projections (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)
Species: Cell body 31-47 μm long (excluding spines), 31-47 μm wide, L/W=1.25, isthmus 11-15 μm (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)

Staurastrum hirsutum (Ehrenberg) Brébisson, cell body 41 μm long, 36 μm wide (including spines, 2 μm), L/W=1.1, isthmus 13 μm wide, x 640, No. 2-3, Numa-no-hara marsh (Genseikaen), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, June 17, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: No. 1, 2, Numa-no-hara marsh (Genseikaen), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, June 17, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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