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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Staurastrum hystrix
Ralfs

Staurastrum Species: Cell body small in size, 21-25 μm long (excluding spines), 18.3-24 μm wide (excluding spines), L/W=1.25-1.3, isthmus 6-9 μm wide; semicells elongate elliptical in lateral view, apex flat, each corner rounded, with 2-3 spiny projections, additionally 6-8 spiny projections surrounding around the corners; spines present at the base of the semicells; apical view triangle- or rectangle-shaped (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)
Similar species -->> S. subteliferum;


Staurastrum hystrix Ralfs, cell body 27 μm long, 23 μm wide (excluding spines, 3 μm), L/W=1.2, isthmus 8 μm wide, x 640, Japanese Skunk Cabbage marsh, Tsugaike highland (Tsugaike Natural Park), Otari village, Nagano Pref., Japan, August 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Japanese Skunk Cabbage marsh, Tsugaike highland (Tsugaike Natural Park), Otari village, Nagano Pref., Japan, August 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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