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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium amoenum
var. alternans Hirano

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 var. alternans Hirano ??, cell body 43 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=1.7, isthmus 12.5 ? μm wide, x 640, Shimo-no-koike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 19, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium amoenum


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