Gamophyceae:
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
Xanthidium armatum
(Brébisson) Rabenhorst ex Ralfs
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:
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Xanthidium armatum (Brébisson) Rabenhorst ex Ralfs,
cell body 135 μm long, 85 μm wide, L/W=1.6 (excluding spines, 8 μm), isthmus 30 μm wide,
x 640, No. 4, Iroha-numa (marsh/bog), Zao mountain, Yamagata city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 2, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No. 4, Iroha-numa (marsh/bog), Zao mountain, Yamagata city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 2, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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