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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Onychonema laeve
Nordstedt

Onychonema laeve Genus: Cell body flat, constricted at the center; semicell with 2 or 4 thick spiny projections; cells attached with each other at the center of their apex forming a filament, spiny projections extending over the adjoining cell.
Species: Cell body 15-22 μm long, 17-25 μm wide, constriction 7-8.6 μm wide; semicells elongated ellipsoidal or broad hexagonal reniform, from both sides two short spines directing inward; apex flat with two long projections to connect with adjoining cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar genus -->> Sphaerozosma;


Onychonema laeve (or similar species), cell body 17 μm long (semicell 8.5 μm long), 23 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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