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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium margaritatum
f. minor (Boldt) Roy et Bisset

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).
[f. minor]: Cell body 58-59 μm long, 54 μm wide, isthmus 18-19 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> C. logiense; C. quadrum;


Cosmarium margaritatum f. minor (Boldt) Roy et Bisset, cell body 66 μm long, 59 μm wide, L/W=1.1, x 640, rice field, Myoyo (Myouyou), Fukiage town, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 17, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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