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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium margaritatum
(P. Lundell) J. Roy et Bisset var. margaritatum

Cosmarium margaritatum Species: Cell body 78-90 μm long, 70-72 μm wide, L/W=1.20-1.25, isthmus 22-25 μm wide; semicells subrectangular, basal angles rounded, lateral margins convex, anical angles broadly rounded, apex truncate and flat; cell wall regularly granulated, between the granules finely punctated; side view of the semicells subcircular, vertical view oblong-elliptic; zygospores spherical or slightly depressed, with yellowish smooth wall, surrounded by mucilagenous sheath, 44.8-47.6 μm in diam. (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 3, 1985).
Similar species -->> C. logiense; C. quadrum;


Cosmarium margaritatum (P. Lundell) J. Roy et Bisset, cell body μm long, 73 μm wide, isthmus μm wide, x 640, rice field (near Heritage Resort Golf Course at Shinrin Koen), Koegawa, Konan town, Saitama Pref., Japan, August 16, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium margaritatum Cosmarium margaritatum


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