Gamophyceae:
Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Desmidium coarctatum
Nordstedt
Genus: Cell body short, with a deep constriction at the center, apical view fusiform or radially symmetrical;
cell apexes without spiny projections; intermediate zone or folded structure appeared during cell division;
zygospores remain within their mother cells
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
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Desmidium coarctatum Nordstedt,
cell body 25 μm long, 31 μm wide, L/W=0.8,
x 200, x 400, x 640, Kamitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Kamitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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