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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)

Desmidium baileyi
(Ralfs) Nordstedt

Desmidium 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: (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 1, 1984).


Desmidium baileyi ?, cell body 16 μm long, 23 μm wide, x 640, Omuta-ike (pond), Kasuga city, Fukuoka Pref., Japan, October 2001 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
Desmidium swartzii Desmidium swartzii


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