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

 Micrasterias foliacea
Bailey

Micrasterias foliacea 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 foliacea, cell body 86 μm long, 83 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, Omuta-ike (pond), Kasuga city, Fukuoka Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
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scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Micrasterias foliacea Micrasterias foliacea

scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
Micrasterias foliacea
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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