Gamophyceae: 
Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Micrasterias denticulata
var. japonica (Fujisawa) Okada
 
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). 
 
Species: 
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Micrasterias denticulata var. japonica (Fujisawa) Okada, axenic culture (from Janary 24 to March 5, 2008), 
cell body  μm long,  μm wide, L/W=, 
x 640, No.2, Dojo-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city, Nagano Pref., Japan, November 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
 50 μm
 100 μm
 150 μm; x 400
Images of collecting locality: 
No.2, Dojo-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city, Nagano Pref., Japan, November 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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