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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:

Micrasterias ceylanica Fritsch, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Lake Biwa near Irie bridge, Maibara city (formerly Maihara town), Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Micrasterias ceylanica Micrasterias ceylanica Micrasterias ceylanica

Images of collecting locality: Lake Biwa near Irie bridge, Maibara city (formerly Maihara town), Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii

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