Protist Movies
Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis
Hobson var. wallichii (Grunow) W. et G.S. West
Genus:
Cell body flat, large, variable in shape, longer than wide; strong constriction at center;
each semicell with several notches; cell wall with many short spines
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis var. wallichii (Grunow) W. et G.S. West,
tape No. 0331, time code 0000,
cell body 162 μm long (semicell 81 μm long), 84 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 2001, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii
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