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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium intermedium
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Cosmarium intermedium 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: Cell body (64-82)-79 μm long, 53-64.5 μm wide, L/W=1.20-1.25, isthmus 19-(19.6-25.8) μm wide; semicells covered with radially-arranged granules; frontal view half-circular, lateral view ovoid-circular, apical view ellipsoidal (Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> C. pachydermum;


Cosmarium sp. (intermedium ?), cell body 52 μm long, 43 μm wide, L/W=1.21, x 400, x 640, Kawagoe, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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