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Chlorophyta: Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium sp.

Genus: Unicellular; variable in shape; a constriction at the center of the cell body; mostly longer than wide; flattened; each semicell hemispherical, spherical, ellipsoidal, rectangular, pyramidal or kidney-shaped; no apical indentation (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Cosmarium sp., similar to C. maculatum but surface granulated, tape No. 0067, time code 1324, cell body 111 μm long, 66 μm wide, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii


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