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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Tetmemorus granulatus
(Brébisson) Ralfs var. granulatus

Tetmemorus granulatus Genus: Cell body elongate, cylindrical or spindle-shaped, apex dorso-ventrally compressed with a deep incision; centrally constricted to form 2 semicells; cell wall dotted or covered with small pores; chloroplasts consisting of axis and lateral laminae, pyrenoids arranging linearly along the axis; zygotes spherical, smooth or rectangular with rounded corners (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body 80-(160-184)-260 μm long, 20-(28-30)-50 μm wide; (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Tetmemorus granulatus (Brébisson) Ralfs var. granulatus, cell body 177 μm long, 30 μm wide, L/W=5.9, x 400, x 640, a small wetland near Numa-no-hara marsh (Genseikaen), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 15, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Tetmemorus granulatus Tetmemorus granulatus Tetmemorus granulatus
Cell body 180 μm long, 31 μm wide, L/W=5.8, x 640
Tetmemorus granulatus Tetmemorus granulatus
Cell body 180 μm long, 30 μm wide, L/W=6.0, x 640
Tetmemorus granulatus Tetmemorus granulatus
Cell body 177 μm long, 28 μm wide, L/W=6.3, x 640
Tetmemorus granulatus Tetmemorus granulatus

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