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

 Micrasterias furcata
Ralfs
Syn. Micrasterias radiata (Nägeli) W. et G.S.West

Micrasterias radiata 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: cell body 123-195 μm long, 113-186 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Micrasterias radiata (= M. furcata ?), cell body 134 μm long (semicell μm long), 124 μm wide, 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
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scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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