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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Arthrodesmus convergens
Ehrenberg ex Ralfs
= Staurodesmus convergens (Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) Teiling 1948 (Ling & Tyler 2000; John et al. ed. 2002)
= Staurodesmus convergens (Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) S. Lillieroth (Coesel & Meesters 2007)

Genus: Cell body small, length = width, strong constriction at its center; semicells inverted triangular, ellipsoidal, rectangular, etc. in shape; straight or slightly curved spiny projections at each corner; one pyrenoid in each semicell; cell wall smooth (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Arthrodesmus convergens
A. convergens
33 x 38 μm
31 x 33 μm
Maimeno-ike
Norikura highland
Nagano, 2006
Arthrodesmus
A. convergens
μm
Maimeno-ike 2
Norikura highland
Nagano, 2007
Arthrodesmus convergens
A. convergens
μm
Kareki-numa m.
Nikko
Tochigi, 2008.8
Arthrodesmus convergens
A. convergens
μm
Kareki-numa m.
Nikko
Tochigi, 2008.9

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