Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Staurastrum punctulatum
[Brébisson] Ralfs

Staurastrum punctulatum Species: Cell body 24-40.5 μm long, 21-36.5 μm wide, isthmus 8.4-16 μm; semicells slightly twisted with each other; apical view triangular with each margin slightly convexed; side view elliptical diamond-shaped; cell wall covered with granules regularly arranged around each arm (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Staurastrum punctulatum [Brébisson] Ralfs var. punctulatum (or var. subproductum W. et G.S. West ?), Staurastrum punctulatum [Brébisson] Ralfs var. punctulatum, cell body 37 μm long, 34 μm wide, isthmus about 13 μm wide, x 640, joining point of Omoi river and Shin river (near Omoigawa-ryokuchi), Daigyoji, Oyama city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, March 30, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Staurastrum punctulatum Staurastrum punctulatum

Images of collecting locality: Joining point of Omoi river and Shin river (near Omoigawa-ryokuchi), Daigyoji, Oyama city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, March 30, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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