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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Arthrodesmus extensus
(Anderson) Hirano var. undulatus Hirano

Arthrodesmus extensus Genus: Cell body small, length = width, strong constriction at its center; semicells inverted triangular, ellipsoidal, rectangular, etc. in shape; straight or slightly curved spiny projections at each corner; one pyrenoid in each semicell; cell wall smooth (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Arthrodesmus triangularis var. undulatus Hirano ?, cell body 23 μm long, 42 μm wide (including spines), spines 10 μm long, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
Arthrodesmus 50 μm Arthrodesmus 100 μm Arthrodesmus 150 μm; x 400 : Arthrodesmus 31 μm Arthrodesmus 63 μm Arthrodesmus 94 μm; x 640
Arthrodesmus Arthrodesmus


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