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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Staurastrum furcatum
var. subsenarium W. et G.S. West

Staurastrum forficulatum Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal, ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)
Subgenus: lacks arm-like projections (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)
Species:
Similar species -- >> S. sexangulare;

Staurastrum furcatum var. subsenarium W. et G.S. West (Stellatiformes), stock Tnk-5, axenic culture, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Numappara marsh, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, August 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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