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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Desmidaceae or Peniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidaceae)

Penium polymorphum
Perty

Penium polymorphum Species: Cell body cylindrical or ellipsoidal, tapered to both ends, 35-79 μm long, (16-21)-36 μm wide; both ends broadly rounded; cell wall thin, brownish in color, finely lined (15-18/10 μ) (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Penium polymorphum Perty, cell body 64 μm long, 21 μm wide, L/W=3.0, x 640, No.4, Chigo-ike marsh at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Penium polymorphum Penium polymorphum

Penium polymorphum Perty, cell body 64 μm long, 26 μm wide, L/W=2.5, x 640, No.4, Chigo-ike (marsh pond) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Penium polymorphum Penium polymorphum
Cell body 56 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=2.2, x 640
Penium polymorphum Penium polymorphum

Penium polymorphum Perty ?, cell body 55 μm long, 26 μm wide, L/W=2.1, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, No.4, Chigo-ike (marsh pond) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Penium polymorphum Penium polymorphum Penium polymorphum Penium polymorphum

Images of collecting locality: No. 4, Chigo-ike marsh at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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