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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium contractum
var. minutum (Delponte) W. et G.S. West

Cosmarium contractum Species [var. contractum]: Cell body 28-41 μm long, 18-31 μm wide, isthmus 5.3-8.7 μm wide, L/W=1.5; semicells broad ellipsoid, laterally circular; cellwall smooth or finely dotted, a single pyrenoid in each semicell.
[var. ellipsoideum (Elfving) W. et G.S. West]: Cell body 31-51 μm long, 24-42 μm wide, isthmus 7-12.5 μm wide, L/W=1.3; apex of semicells slightly flattened; cellwall smooth.
[f. jacobsenii (Roy) W. et G.S. West]: Semicells exactly ellipsoid, 28-47.6 μm long, 18-36.4 μm wide, isthmus 4.5-11.3 μm wide.
[var. minutum (Delponte) W. et G.S. West]: Cell body 19-28 μm long, 14-22 μm wide, isthmus 4.3-5.6 μm wide; semicells elongated ellipsoid, laterally circular, cellwall dotted.
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -- >> C. depressum; C. bioculatum; C. moniliforme;


Cosmarium contractum var. minutum (Delponte) W. et G.S. West (or var. ellipsoideum ?), cell body 25 μm long, 19 μm wide, L/W=1.3, isthmus 5.5 μm wide, x 640, water reservoir, Kumakubo, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, August 21, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium Cosmarium


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