Gamophyceae
: Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Micrasterias
papillifera
var.
glabra
Nordstedt
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:
Micrasterias papillifera
var.
glabra
, cell body ellipsoidal,
81
μm long,
72
μm wide, 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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