Gamophyceae:
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
Cosmarium oblongum
Bennett
Species: Cell body small in size, 50-56 μm long, 22-23 μm wide, L/W=2-2.5,
slightly constricted at the center; semicells elongate ellipsoidal in shape, cell wall smooth;
chloroplast laminae ridged and radially arranged
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Cosmarium oblongum Bennett ?,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide,
x 640, Chigo-ike (marsh pond) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium oblongum Bennett,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide,
x 640, No.2, Chigo-ike marsh (or Yakebitai marsh) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Chigo-ike (marsh pond) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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