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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)

 Micrasterias ceylanica
Fritsch

Micrasterias ceylanica 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: Cell body 77 μm long, 73 μm wide, isthmus 13 μm wide, (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Micrasterias ceylanica Fritsch, cell body 73 μm long, 72 μm wide, x 640, Numappara marsh, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, August 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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