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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium subspeciosum
Nordstedt var. validius Nordstedt

Cosmarium subspeciosum 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:
Variety: Cell body 68-84 μm long, 47-53-(56) μm wide; constriction 17.5-22 μm wide (Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-Water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> C. binum;


Cosmarium subspeciosum (var. validius Nordstedt ??), cell body 89 μm long, 63 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji 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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