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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Cosmarium echinodermum
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Cosmarium echinodermum 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 echinodermum (or Staurastrum hirsutum (Ehrenberg) Brébisson biradiate form ??), cell body 36 μm long, 37 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
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Cosmarium Cosmarium

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