Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae
Scenedesmus costatus
Schmidle var. costatus
->> Enallax costatus (Schmidle) Pascher
Genus: Colonies of 4 (or 2, 8, 16) cells attached side by side, arranged linearly or zigzag;
cell body elliptical or spindle or crescent in shape; terminal cells with spiny projections in many species;
cell wall usually smooth, but in some species granulated or dented or ridged
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
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Enallax costatus (Schmidle) Pascher, formerly
Scenedesmus costatus Schmidle var. costatus,
or S. alpinus Ergasev 1979 (=E. alpinus Pascher 1943 ?),
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
or Scotiella ?,
x 640, No.1, Chigo-ike marsh (or Yakebitai marsh) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.2, Chigo-ike marsh (or Yakebitai marsh) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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