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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Staurastrum crenulatum
var. continentale Messikommer

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 crenulatum var. continentale Messikommer ? (Processiformes), cell body μm long, μm wide, with 3 arm-like projections, x 640, Shimaru-no-ike, Kejo-numa, Furukawa city, Miyagi Pref., Japan, November 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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