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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium repandum
Nordstedt f. minor W. et G.S. West

Cosmarium repandum 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).
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Cosmarium repandum Nordstedt f. minor W. et G.S. West, cell body 22 μm long, 18 μm wide, L/W=1.2, isthmus 5 (?) μm wide, x 640, Junichogata-suigo-koen (pond), Himi city, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 22, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cosmarium Cosmarium

Images of collecting locality: No. 3, Junichogata-suigo-koen (pond), Himi city, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 22, 2006, by Y. Tsukii


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