Gamophyceae: 
Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Micrasterias denticulata
Brébisson ex Ralfs var. 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). 
 
Species: 
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Micrasterias denticulata Brébisson ex Ralfs var. denticulata, 
cell body  μm long,  μm wide, L/W=, 
x 640, No. 8, Yamamuro marsh, Maibara city (formerly Maihara town), Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
 50 μm
 100 μm
 150 μm; x 400 : 
 31 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality: 
No. 8, Yamamuro marsh, Maibara city (formerly Maihara town), Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
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