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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Euastrum verrucosum
Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848

Euastrum verrucosum Subgenus: Atomum (Apical area slightly depressed)
Section: Retusa (Cell body large; granulated dome(s) at the center of each semicell )
Species: Cell body (73-95)-114 μm long, (65-77)-92 μm wide, constriction (14-21)-22 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Euastrum verrucosum, cell body 82 μm long, 66 μm wide, isthmus μm wide, x 400, x 640, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Two daughter cells after cell division
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