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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Arthrodesmus triangularis
Lagerheim
= Staurodesmus triangularis (Lagerheim) Teiling 1967

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:
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var. latiusculum:
Arthrodesmus triangularis
A. triangularis
var. latiusculum
22 x 20 μm
near Kakuman-buchi
Akagi mt.
Gunma, 2007
Arthrodesmus triangularis
A. triangularis
var. latiusculum
μm
Kareki-numa
Nikko
Tochigi, 2008
Arthrodesmus
A. triangularis
var. latiusculum
22 x 22 μm
Kowashimizu
Suwa
Nagano, 2007
Arthrodesmus
A. triangularis ?
var. latiusculum ?
21 x 27 μm
Tanohara marsh
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2004
Arthrodesmus triangularis
A. triangularis ?
or A. incus ?
17 x 15 μm
Shimo-no-koike
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2006
var. undulatus:
Arthrodesmus
A. triangularis
v. undulatus
23 x 42 μm
Uruguay, 1999

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Arthrodesmus triangularis
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