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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Staurastrum habeebense
(Irénée Marie) Brook et D.B. Williamson
= Actinotaenium habeebense (I. Marie) Brook et D.B. Williamson ??
Staurastrum habeebense Irénée Marie (Coesel & Meesters 2007)

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

Staurastrum habeebense (Irénée Marie) Brook et D.B. Williamson, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, standing water on a bank under Kurome-gawa-bashi (bridge), Kurome River, Hizaori-cho, Asaka city, Saitama Pref., April 20, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Staurastrum habeebense Staurastrum habeebense Staurastrum habeebense Staurastrum habeebense

Images of collecting locality: Standing water on a bank under Kurome-gawa-bashi (bridge), Kurome River, Asaka city, Saitama Pref., December 10, 2006, by Y. Tsukii

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