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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium lundellii
Delponte var. circulare (Reinsch) Krieger

Cosmarium lundellii 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: (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> C. pachydermum;


Cosmarium lundellii Delponte var. circulare (Reinsch) Krieger ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide, x 640, No.1, Water reservoir, near Teruoka pasture, Nabekura highland, Iiyama city, Nagano Pref., October 19, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium Cosmarium

Images of collecting locality: Water reservoir, near Teruoka pasture, Nabekura highland, Iiyama city, Nagano Pref., October 19, 2008, by Y. Tsukii

Cosmarium lundellii Delponte var. circulare (Reinsch) Krieger: (Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)

Cosmarium lundellii Delponte var. corruptum (Turner) W. et G.S. West: (Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)

Cosmarium lundellii Delponte var. pachydermum Hinode: (Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)

Cosmarium lundellii Delponte var. ellipticum W. West: (Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)


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