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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Euastrum subalpinum
Messikommer var. subalpinum

Euastrum Genus: Variable in shape and in size; mostly longer than wide; strong constriction at center; semicell pyramid-shaped, apically flattened with indentation (or notch, some species lack this notch); laterally straight or wavy or indented; one chloroplast in each semicell; one pyrenoid for each chloroplast (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Subgenus: Entomum (Apical area deeply indented or notched)
Section: Excisa (Cell surface granulated or dented; apical area with spiny projections)

Species:


Euastrum subalpinum Messikommer var. subalpinum ?, cell body 24 μm long, 20 μm wide, L/W=1.2, isthmus 5 μm wide ?, x 640, Ohnuma (a pond at Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 1, 2007, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euastrum subalpinum Euastrum subalpinum
Cell body 21 μm long, 18 μm wide, L/W=1.2, isthmus 6 μm wide, x 640
Euastrum subalpinum Euastrum subalpinum

Images of collecting locality: Ohnuma (a pond at Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 1, 2007, by Y. Tsukii


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