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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Mesotaeniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae)

Netrium digitus
(Nägeli) Itzigsohn et Rothe var. digitus

Netrium digitus Species [var. digitus]: Cell body 130-300 μm long, 40-84 μm wide, L/W = 3-4; cell wall smooth.
[var. lamellosum]: Longer than v. digitus, both sides parallel; cell body 140-416 μm long, 32-60 μm wide, L/W = 5-8.
[var. naegelii]: Smaller than v. digitus, both ends broadly rounded; cell body 100-200 μm long, 25-36 μm wide, L/W = 4-5.
[var. rectum]: Larger than v. digitus, tapered to both ends; cell body 300 μm long, 48 μm wide, L/W = 6.3 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Netrium digitus (Nägeli) Itzigsohn et Rothe var. digitus, cell body 216 μm long, 70 μm wide, L/W=3.1, x 400, x 640, Kisuge konuma (a small pond near Mikura mountain 1888 h), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref. (boundary at Nasu-shiobara city, Tochigi Pref.), Japan, August 29, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Netrium digitus, cell body 214 μm long, 69 μm wide, L/W=3.1, x 400, x 640, Kisuge konuma (a small pond near Mikura mountain 1888 h), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref. (boundary at Nasu-shiobara city, Tochigi Pref.), Japan, August 29, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Cell body 205 μm long, 68 μm wide, L/W=3.0, x 400, x 640
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Cell body 247 μm long, 68 μm wide, L/W=3.6, x 400, x 640
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