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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium amoenum
Brébisson ex Ralfs var. amoenum

Cosmarium amoenum Species [ var. amoenum ]: Cell body cylindroid, 42-67 μm long, (22-28)-30 μm wide, L/W=2, isthmus 13-21 μm wide; cell wall covered with large granules, longitudinally arranging in 7-8 rows forming a cross (+) pattern on the cell wall; 2 pyrenoids in each semicell.
[ var. alternans ]: Cell body 44-45 μm long, 23-24 μm wide, isthmus 15.4 μm wide; granules arranging as an "X"-shaped pattern on the cell wall (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Cosmarium amoenum Brébisson ex Ralfs var. amoenum, cell body 46 μm long, μm wide, x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium amoenum Cosmarium amoenum


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