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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Tetmemorus granulatus
(Brébisson) Ralfs var. granulatus

Tetmemorus granulatus Genus: Cell body elongate, cylindrical or spindle-shaped, apex dorso-ventrally compressed with a deep incision; centrally constricted to form 2 semicells; cell wall dotted or covered with small pores; chloroplasts consisting of axis and lateral laminae, pyrenoids arranging linearly along the axis; zygotes spherical, smooth or rectangular with rounded corners (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body 80-(160-184)-260 μm long, 20-(28-30)-50 μm wide; (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Tetmemorus granulatus (Brébisson) Ralfs var. granulatus, cell body about 150 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=6.0, x 640, Shimo-no-koike (small pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, September 26, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cell body 162 μm long, 30 μm wide, L/W=5.4, x 640, Shimo-no-koike (small pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, September 26, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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