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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Arthrodesmus extensus
var. elongatus Hirano
Staurodesmus extensus (Borge) Teiling 1948

Arthrodesmus extensus 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 extense var. elongatus Hirano, cell body 26 μm long, 24 μm wide (including spines), x 640, Shimo-no-koike (small pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, September 26, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
Arthrodesmus 31 μm Arthrodesmus 63 μm Arthrodesmus 94 μm; x 640
Arthrodesmus incus Arthrodesmus incus


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