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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium connatum
Brébisson ex Ralfs

Cosmarium Species: Cell body slightly large, (62-87)-100 μm long, (45-70)-74 μm wide, isthmus 37-53 μm wide, L/W=1.3; semicells elliptial, apex broadly rounded, slightly flattened, apical view circular or broad ellipitical; cell wall covered with small pores interspersed with many dots, (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Cosmarium connatum Brébisson ex Ralfs (or C. alpestre ?), cell body 67 μm long, 51 μm wide, isthmus 45 μm wide, x 640, Numappara marsh, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, August 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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