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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium regnellii
Wille var. regnellii

Cosmarium regnellii Genus: Unicellular; variable in shape; a constriction at the center of the cell body; mostly longer than wide; flattened; each semicell hemispherical, spherical, ellipsoidal, rectangular, pyramidal or kidney-shaped; no apical indentation (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body small, (14-18)-22 μm long, (11-16.8)-22 μm wide, isthmus (11-16.8)-22 μm wide; (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).


Cosmarium regnellii Will var. regnellii ?, cell body 17 μm long, 13 μm wide, isthmus 4 μm wide, x 640, Koshigaya, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium Cosmarium

Cosmarium regnellii Will var. regnellii: Cell body small, (14-18)-22 μm long, (11-16.8)-22 μm wide, isthmus (11-16.8)-22 μm wide; (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).


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