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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium parvulum
Brébisson

Cosmarium Species: Cell body small, (20-22)-42 μm long, (10.5-11)-17 μm wide, L/W=2-2.5; slightly depressed at the center; semicells gradually attenuated toward apex, lateral margins nearly straight, apex flat with rounded corners; cell wall smooth (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Cosmarium parvulum Brébisson, cell body 40 μm long, 17 μm wide, L/W=2.4, isthmus 15 μm wide, x 640, No.1, a marsh pond at Sensho-ga-hara, near Akita-komagadake (mountain), Shizukuishi town, Iwate Pref., Japan, August 6, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium parvulum

Images of collecting locality: No.1, a marsh pond at Sensho-ga-hara, near Akita-komagadake (mountain), Shizukuishi town, Iwate Pref., Japan, August 6, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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