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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Cosmarium inconspicuum
Archer

Cosmarium inconspicuum Species : Cell body small in size (length = width), 12-16.7 μm long, 9.5-15.5 μm wide, isthmus 4.3-5.6 μm wide; semicells ellipsoidal, apex broadly convex or nearly flat (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> C. depressum; C. contractum;

Cosmarium inconspicuum Archer, cell body 12.5 μm long, 10 μm wide, isthmus 3 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
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