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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 202 μm long, 75 μm wide, L/W=2.7, x 640, No. 5-2, Midagahara (bog/marsh), Tate-yama (Moutain), Tateyama town, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 23, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cell body 200 μm long, 70 μm wide, L/W=2.9, x 640
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Images of collecting locality: No. 5, Midagahara (bog/marsh), Tate-yama (Moutain), Tateyama town, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 23, 2006, by Y. Tsukii


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