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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium nipponicum
Hirano

Cosmarium nipponicum Genus: Unicellular; variable in shape; a constriction at the center of the cell body; mostly longer than wide; flattened; each semicell hemispherical, spherical, ellipsoidal, rectangular, pyramidal or kidney-shaped; no apical indentation (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Cosmarium nipponicum Hirano, cell body 37 μm long, 17 μm wide, isthmus 13 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 nipponicum Cosmarium nipponicum Cosmarium nipponicum


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