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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Staurastrum iotanum
Wolle var. iotanum

Staurastrum iotanum 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: with arm-like projections (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)

Species [var. iotanum]: Cell body with 3 arm-like projections, 11 μm long (excluding arms), 18-22 μm long (including arms), 9.8 μm wide (excluding arms), 18-22 μm wide (including arms), isthmus 4-5 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)


Staurastrum iotanum Wolle var. iotanum, cell body 18 μm long, 19 μm wide, L/W=0.9, isthmus 6 μm wide, x 640, water reservoir, Kumakubo, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, August 21, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Staurastrum iotanum Wolle var. iotanum, cell body 24 μm long, 24 μm wide, L/W=1.0 (including arms), isthmus 6 μm wide, x 640, Kumakubo, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, December, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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