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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)

Desmidium aptogonum
Brébisson ex Kützing 1849

Desmidium aptogonum Genus: Cell body short, with a deep constriction at the center, apical view fusiform or radially symmetrical; cell apexes without spiny projections; intermediate zone or folded structure appeared during cell division; zygospores remain within their mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 1, 1984).


Desmidium aptogonum Brébisson ?, cell body 15 μm long, 22 μm wide, x 640, near Eai-gawa (Eai river), Ishinazaka, Furukawa city, Miyagi Pref., Japan, November 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Desmidium aptogonum Desmidium aptogonum


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