image_list image_listE

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

 Micrasterias apiculata
(Ehrenberg) Meneghini ex Ralfs

Micrasterias apiculata Genus: Cell body flat, large, variable in shape, longer than wide; strong constriction at center; each semicell with several notches; cell wall with many short spines (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:

Micrasterias apiculata (Ehrenberg) Meneghini ex Ralfs , cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, isthmus μm wide, x 640, No.2, Ko-numa (pond/marsh), Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 12, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Micrasterias apiculata Micrasterias apiculata Micrasterias apiculata Micrasterias apiculata Micrasterias apiculata

Images of collecting locality: No.2, Ko-numa (pond/marsh), Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 12, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright Protist Information Server