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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Euastrum humerosum
Ralfs

Euastrum Subgenus: Entomum (Apical area deeply indented or notched)
Section: Incisa (Cell surface smooth; apical area without spiny projections)

Species: Cell body 95-132 μm long, 56-70 μm wide, L/W=1.7, isthmus 15.4-22 μm wide; upper lateral lobes mamillate and projected obliquely upward, located slightly anterior from the middle line of semicells; a single pore present at the center of semicells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Euastrum humerosum Ralfs, cell body 110 μm long, 60 μm wide, L/W=1.8, isthmus μm wide, x 640, Kareki-numa marsh, Nikko city (formerly Fujiwara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 24, 2008 collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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