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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium sportella
Brébisson var. subnudum W. et G.S. West

Cosmarium sportella 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 (var. subnudum): Cell body (42)-51 μm long, (33.6)-41 μm wide, isthmus 11-(14.5) μm wide, apex slightly depressed; (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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Cosmarium sportella Brébisson var. subnudum W. et G.S. West, cell body about 48 μm long, 38 μm wide, constriction μm wide, x400, x 640, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, October 1998, 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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Cosmarium sportella Brébisson var. subnudum: Cell body (42)-51 μm long, (33.6)-41 μm wide, isthmus 11-(14.5) μm wide, apex slightly depressed; (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


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