Genus: Cell body short, with a deep constriction at the center, apical view fusiform or radially symmetrical;
cell apexes without spiny projections; intermediate zone or folded structure appeared during cell division;
zygospores remain within their mother cells
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body 20-26 μm long, 14-27 μm wide, L/W=1, outline shape transversely rectangular, apical angles form a connecting process with adjacent cells, which makes elliptic excavation between adjacent cells; vertically triangular, sides slightly convex and angles rounded; filaments untwisted (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 1, 1984). |
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Desmidium baileyi,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 400, x 640, August 7-13, 1999, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
