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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Xanthidium armatum
(Brébisson) Rabenhorst ex Ralfs

Xanthidium Genus: Variable in shape; strong constriction at center; semicell ellipsoidal, polygonal, etc.; cell wall with simple or branching spines, most of them laterally aligned; 4 plate-like chloroplasts in each semicell; one or more pyrenoids in each chloroplast (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:

Xanthidium armatum (Brébisson) Rabenhorst ex Ralfs , cell body 113 μm long, 80 μm wide (excluding spines), L/W=1.4, isthmus 35 μm wide, spiny projections about 8 μm long, x 640, Shimo-no-koike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 19, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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Xanthidium armatum Xanthidium armatum

Xanthidium armatum (Brébisson) Rabenhorst ex Ralfs: Cell body (without spines) 115-153 μm long, 81-104 μm wide, isthmus 35-42 μm wide (Illustrations of the Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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