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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Staurastrum senarium
var. simplex Hirano

Staurastrum senarium Species [var. senarium ]: Cell body 21-31 μm long (excluding spiny projections), 29-36 μm long (including spiny projections), 27-34 μm wide (including spiny projections), isthmus 8.4-12 μm wide.
[ var. simplex Hirano ]: Smaller than var. senarium, 23 μm (excluding spiny projections), 44 μm (including spiny projections), 43 μm wide (including spiny projections), isthmus 7 μm wide; projections at posterior side margins of semicells are simple spines (not dichotomous).
[ var. nigrae-silvae Schmidle ]: 2 ring of dented structures surrounding each corner, 29 μm (including spiny projections), 36.4 μm wide, isthmus 12.5 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)


Staurastrum senarium var. simplex Hirano ?, cell body ? μm long, 22 μm wide (excluding spines), L/W=, isthmus ? μm wide, x 640, Watasuge marsh (or bog), Tsugaike highland (Tsugaike Natural Park), Otari village, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 3, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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