Gamophyceae:
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
Euastrum subalpinum
Messikommer var. subalpinum
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:
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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
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cell body 21 μm long, 18 μm wide, L/W=1.2, isthmus 6 μm wide, x 640
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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