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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium quadrifarium
Lundell f. hexasticha (Lundell) Nordstedt

Cosmarium Species: Cell body medium in size, broadly elliptical, 40-(45-48)-53 μm long, 32-(37-40)-44 μm wide, isthmus 14-(16-18)-21 μm wide; semicells semicircular in shape, basal corners right-angled, 6 lines of apically-truncated warts (about 14 warts in each line) present along their margins; 2 lines of warts or granules (upper 3 & lower 4) present at the center of the semicells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Cosmarium quadrifarium Lundell f. hexasticha (Lundell) Nordstedt, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide, x 640, No.3, a small marsh pond at North East of Hachimantai mountain top, Hachimantai city, Iwate Pref., Japan, August 23, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium quadrifarium Cosmarium quadrifarium Cosmarium quadrifarium

Images of collecting locality: No.3, a small marsh pond at North East of Hachimantai mountain top, Hachimantai city, Iwate Pref., Japan, August 23, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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