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

Micrasterias ceylanica
Fritsch

Micrasterias ceylanica 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: Cell body 77 μm long, 73 μm wide, isthmus 13 μm wide, (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Micrasterias ceylanica Fritsch, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No. 3, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Micrasterias ceylanica Micrasterias ceylanica

Images of collecting locality: No. 3, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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