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

Desmidium swartzii
(C. Agardh) C. Agardh ex Ralfs var. swartzii

Desmidium swartzii 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 constricted in the middle, sinus narrow-linear part but acutely open outward, 11-22 μm long, 24-39 μm wide, L/W=2, constriction 21-28 μm wide; vertical view of cells triangular, sides straight, angles rounded; apex broad, with a short connecting process at each apical angle, excavated in the middle and forming a oblong hollow cavity between the adjacent cells; semicells transversely subrectangular, lateral margins obliquely truncate; filaments twisted (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 1, 1984).


Desmidium swartzii Agardh var. ???, cell body 17 μm long, 32 μm wide, x 640, Karakemi marsh, Yasaka, Omachi city (formerly Yasaka village), Nagano Pref., Japan, May 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Karakemi marsh, Yasaka, Omachi city (formerly Yasaka village), Nagano Pref., Japan, May 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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