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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)

 Micrasterias denticulata
var. japonica (Fujisawa) Okada

Micrasterias denticulata Genus: Cell body flat, large, variable in shape, longer than wide; strong constriction at center; each semicell with several notches; cell wall with many short spines (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Micrasterias denticulata var. japonica (Fujisawa) Okada, cell body 225 μm long, 190 μm wide, L/W=1.2, isthmus 25 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, a small pond at Kowashimizu, Suwa city, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 21, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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Cell body 230 μm long, 195 μm wide, L/W=1.2, isthmus 30 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640
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Cell body 220 μm long, 185 μm wide, L/W=1.2, isthmus 30 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640
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* M. denticulata (Greville) Ralfs: Cell body 256-288 μm long, 192-258 μm wide, constriction 31-40 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

M. thomasiana Archer var. thomasiana: Cell body 206-256 μm long, 168-210 μm wide, constriction 21.5-28 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

M. thomasiana var. javanica Gutwinski: Cell body 196-215 μm long, 154-168 μm wide, constriction 22-26 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

M. thomasiana var. notata (Nordstedt) Grünblad: Cell body 185-288 μm long, 174-256 μm wide, constriction 22-31 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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