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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium scopulorum
Borge

Cosmarium scopulorum 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:


Cosmarium scopulorum ?, cell body 21 μm long, 14 μm wide, L/W=1.5, x 400, x 640, Kurihashi, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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