Staurastrum

Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)

 Staurastrum asterias
Nygaard var. asterias








Family: Cell wall with 2 or more partitions.
Subfamily: Cell division occurs at central constriction.
Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal, ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Staurastrum asterias Nygaard var. asterias, with six arms, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640

Staurastrum asterias Nygaard var. asterias, x 400, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii

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