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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Staurastrum subavicula
W. et G.S. West

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

Species:
Similar species -- >> S. avicula;


Staurastrum subavicula W. et G.S. West, cell body 32 μm long, 34 μm wide, L/W=0.9, isthmus 11 μm wide, x 640, a small pond at Kowashimizu, Suwa city, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 16, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Staurastrum subavicula Staurastrum subavicula

Images of collecting locality: a small pond at Kowashimizu, Suwa city, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 16, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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