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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium

Subgenus: Eucosmarium

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.
Subgenus: Cell body dorso-ventrally compressed, with strong constriction at the center, transverse section elliptical or diamond-shaped (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).