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

Micrasterias rotata
(Greville) Ralfs ex Ralfs 1848

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 256-288 μm long, 192-258 μm wide, constriction 31-40 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Micrasterias rotata
M. rotata
274 x 256 μm
286 x 260 μm
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Hokkaido, 2005
Micrasterias rotata
M. rotata
290 x 254 μm
Ko numa
Gunma, 2003
Micrasterias rotata
stock Gtk-1-2
axenic culture
Ko numa
Gunma, 2003
Micrasterias rotata
M. rotata
μm
Ko numa 2
Minakami
Gunma, 2008
Micrasterias rotata
M. rotata
μm
Ko numa 3
Minakami
Gunma, 2008
Micrasterias
M. rotata
μm
Miyatoko m.3
Minami-Aizu
Fukushima, 2008
Micrasterias rotata
M. rotata
μm
Miyatoko m.5
Minami-Aizu
Fukushima, 2008
Micrasterias rotata
M. rotata
μm
Iyari marsh 2
Omachi
Nagano, 2008
Micrasterias
M. rotata
μm
Oyomi marsh 1
Hakuba
Nagano, 2008
Micrasterias
M. rotata
or M. thomasiana ?
175 x 165 μm
USA, 1999

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Micrasterias rotata
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