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

 Micrasterias thomasiana
var. notata (Nordstedt) Grönblad

Micrasterias thomasiana 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 thomasiana var. notata (Nordstedt) Grönblad, cell body 240 μm long, 205 μm wide, L/W=1.2, isthmus 33 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, a small pond at Kowashimizu, Suwa city, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 16, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: a small pond at Kowashimizu, Suwa city, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 16, 2007 by Y. Tsukii

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