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Chlorophyta: Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Desmidiaceae

Micrasterias
Agardh

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: 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).

M. foliacea
16 clips
89 x 89 μm
Hiroshima, 1998

M. mahabuleshwarensis
10 clips
var. wallichii
162 x 84 μm
Niigata, 2001

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