Gamophyceae:
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
Euastrum affine
(Greville) Ralfs var. affine
Subgenus: Entomum (Apical area deeply indented or notched)
Section: Incisa (Cell surface smooth; apical area without spiny projections)
Species:
Cell body elongated ellipsoidal, 98-117-(123) μm long, 53-64-(67) μm wide,
L/W=2; semicells consisting of five lobes (one terminal, four lateral); bay opening between
terminal and anterior lateral lobe is deep and narrow; anterior lateral lobes smaller than posterior one;
posterior lobes with slight depressions; terminal lobe laterally extended and apically flattened;
semicell with 5 bulges (2 anterior, 3 posterior), 1 pore present between the anterior bulges
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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E. affine;
E. humerosum;
E. pinnatum;
Euastrum affine (or E. humerosum ?),
cell body 100 μm long, 55 μm wide, L/W=1.8, isthmus 18 μm wide,
x 640, Kisuge konuma (a small pond near Mikura mountain 1888 h), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref. (boundary at Nasu-shiobara city, Tochigi Pref.), Japan, August 29, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Euastrum affine,
cell body 105 μm long, 59 μm wide, L/W=1.8, isthmus 16 μm wide,
x 640, Kisuge konuma (a small pond near Mikura mountain 1888 h), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref. (boundary at Nasu-shiobara city, Tochigi Pref.), Japan, August 29, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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