Gamophyceae:
Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Desmidium coarctatum
Nordstedt
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:
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Desmidium coarctatum Nordstedt,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, No.2, Ko-numa (pond/marsh), Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 12, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.2, Ko-numa (pond/marsh), Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 12, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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