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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 μm long, μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide, x 640, Kareki-numa marsh, Nikko city (formerly Fujiwara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 24, 2008 collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo 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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