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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, stock Nmdo-1, axenic culture with KCM+Hyponex (from June 19 to July 19, 2008), cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide, x 640, Dojo-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city, Nagano Pref., Japan, November 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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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Images of collecting locality: No.1, Dojo-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city, Nagano Pref., Japan, November 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii

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