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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Euastrum cuneatum
Jenner

Euastrum Subgenus: Entomum (Apical area deeply indented or notched)
Section: Incisa (Cell surface smooth; apical area without spiny projections)

Species: Cell body medium in size, 90-101 μm long, 48-50 μm wide, L/W=2, isthmus 14-17 μm wide; semicells pyramid-shaped with narrowly flattened apex; lateral margins nearly straight or somewhat wavy; cell wall dotted or with many small pores, bulging inconspicuous (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Euastrum cuneatum Jenner ?, cell body 99 μm long, 55 μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide, x 640, Chigo-ike (marsh pond) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cell body 107 μm long, 54 μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide, x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Chigo-ike (marsh pond) at the top of Yakebitai mountain, Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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