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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium pseudomagnificum
Hinose

Cosmarium pseudomagnificum Species: Cell body large, 84-105 μm long, 63-74 μm wide, L/W=1.3, isthmus 25-30 μm wide; semicells pyramidal in shape with flattened apex; cellwall covered with large conical projections except the flattened apex; many circular pores present at the center of the semicells (sizes gradually declined from center to margins) (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Cosmarium pseudomagnificum Hinode, cell body 98 μm long, 72 μm wide, isthmus 30 μm wide, x 640, Kabuto-yama sizen-kansatsu ike (pond), Kabuto-yama, Nishi-no-miya city, Hyogo Pref., Japan, September 10, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cell body 94 μm long, 68 μm wide, isthmus 48 μm wide, x 640
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