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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Docidium undulatum
Bailley

Docidium undulatum Genus: Cell body long cylindroid, with a slight constriction at the center, where a folded structure present; both ends truncated, smooth; chloroplasts consist of a central rod and irregularly arranged laminae; about 6-8 pyrenoids (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body elongated, 165- (176-246) -300 μm long, 9.5- (12.6) -20 μm wide, L/W=12-18; semicells slightly tapered at blunt end, laterally wavy (7-8 waves); 6-7 folds at base; cell wall dotted (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Docidium undulatum Bailley, cell body 225 μm long, 14 μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640, Watasuge marsh (or bog), Tsugaike highland (Tsugaike Natural Park), Otari village, Nagano Pref., Japan, August 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Watasuge marsh (or bog), Tsugaike highland (Tsugaike Natural Park), Otari village, Nagano Pref., Japan, August 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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