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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Staurastrum tetracerum
Ralfs

Staurastrum Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal, ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)
Subgenus: with arm-like projections (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)

Species:


Staurastrum tetracerum Ralfs ?, cell body about 30 μm long, 50 μm wide, isthmus 5.5 μm wide, x 640, Murakuni ike (pond), Iwatsuki-bunka Park, Iwatsuki-ku (formerly Iwatsuki city), Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Staurastrum tetracerum Staurastrum tetracerum

Images of collecting locality: Murakuni ike (pond), Iwatsuki-bunka Park, Iwatsuki-ku (formerly Iwatsuki city), Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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