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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Euastrum ansatum
var. pyxidatum Delponte

Euastrum ansatum Subgenus: Entomum (Apical area deeply indented or notched)
Section: Incisa (Cell surface smooth; apical area without spiny projections)
Species [var. ansatum ]: Cell body medium in size, elongate pyramid-shaped, side margins cocaved, 87-95 μm long, 39-42 μm wide, L/W=2, isthmus 11-14 μm wide; cell wall dotted, with 5 bulges conspicous (2 central, 3 basal) (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species [var. dideltiforme ]: Cell body 81-109 μm long, 42-53 μm wide, constriction 11-15 μm wide; semicells tapered to terminal lobe, anterior lateral lobes slightly developed

Euastrum ansatum var. pyxidatum Delponte (or E. sinuosum var. ceylanicum W. et G.S. West ?), cell body 91 μm long, μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide, x 640, No.3, Ko-numa (pond/marsh), Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 12, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euastrum ansatum

Images of collecting locality: No.2, Ko-numa (pond/marsh), Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 12, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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