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

 Micrasterias laticeps
Nordstedt var. laticeps

Micrasterias laticeps 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:

Micrasterias laticeps var.laticeps, cell body 128 μm long (semicell 64 μm long), 144 μm wide, cell wall granulated, x 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
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