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

 Micrasterias foliacea
Bailey

Micrasterias foliacea 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 foliacea, cell body 89 μm long (semicell 44 μm long), 89 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, October 1998, by Y. Tsukii
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scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Micrasterias foliacea Bailey: Cell body small, nearly rectangular, length = width; strong constriction at center; semicell also rectangular with indentations (notches); a paired protrusion at the apical end; 73-78 μm long, 67-70 μm wide, constriction 14 μm wide; cells attached antero-posterially to form a band-like colony (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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