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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Arthrodesmus octocornis
(Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) West et G.S. West
= Xanthidium octocorne Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848 (The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles 2002)
= Octacanthium Compère 1996

Arthrodesmus octocornis 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).
Species:

Arthrodesmus octocornis Ehrenberg (or Xanthidium octocorne ?), cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide, x 640, No.5, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Omine, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 21, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
Arthrodesmus 31 μm Arthrodesmus 63 μm Arthrodesmus 94 μm; x 640
Arthrodesmus octocornis Arthrodesmus octocornis

Images of collecting locality: No.3, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Omine, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 21, 2007 by Y. Tsukii

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