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Chlorophyta: Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium
Corda

Family: Unicells or cells loosely attached to form hyphae; cell body varied in shape, a constriction at the center in most species; cell walls consisting of two or more parts, with small pores and various ornaments (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Genus: Unicellular; variable in shape; a constriction at the center of the cell body; mostly longer than wide; flattened; each semicell hemispherical, spherical, ellipsoidal, rectangular, pyramidal or kidney-shaped; no apical indentation (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

C. moniliforme
var. moniliforme
1 clip
20 x 12 μm
Hiroshima, 1998

Cosmarium sp.
2 clips
Torinome kasen p.
Kuroiso
Tochigi, 1998

C. binum
4 clips
Torinome kasen p.
Kuroiso
Tochigi, 1998

C. sportella
var. subnudum
1 clip
48 x 38 μm
Hiroshima, 1998

C. granatum
2 clips
37 x 24 μm
Hiroshima, 1998

C. notabile ?
var. arcticum
1 clip
38 x 24 μm
single pyrenoid
Hiroshima, 1998

Cosmarium sp.
1 clip
μm
Hiroshima, 1998

C. maculatum
3 clips
136 x 64 μm
Hiroshima, 1998

Cosmarium sp.
3 clips
111 x 66 μm
L/W=1.7
USA, 1999

C. obsoletum
var. sitvense
3 clips
64 x 64 μm
Hiroshima, 1998

C. obsoletum
var. sitvense
2 clips
64 x 64 μm
Hiroshima, 1998

Cosmarium sp.
2 clips
μm
Hiroshima, 1998

C. margispinatum
var. cornutum
2 clips
60 x 48 μm
Hiroshima, 1998

C. margispinatum
var. cornutum
1 clip
60 x 48 μm
Hiroshima, 1998

Cosmarium sp.
1 clip
Japan, 1998

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