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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium granulatum
W. et G.S. West

Cosmarium granulatum Species: Cell body large in size, 117-125 μm long, 85-87 μm wide, isthmus 25-31 μm wide, L/W=1.3; semicells broad oviform, rounded at base; cellwall covered with conical granules, gradually becoming smaller toward the center of the semicells; (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> C. heterodentatum;


Cosmarium granulatum W. et G.S. West, cell body 130 μm long, 90 μm wide, L/W=1.4, x 640, Koigakubo marsh, Tessei-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan, November 22, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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