Gamophyceae
: Desmidales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)
Micrasterias
ceylanica
Fritsch
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 ceylanica
(or
M. decemdentata
or similar species ?), cell body
62
μm long,
70
μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, by Yuuji Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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