 
 
Gamophyceae: 
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
Cosmarium ornatum
Ralfs
|  Species: Cell body deeply constricted, 32-40 μm long, 35-41 μm wide, 
constriction (isthmus) 11-13 μm wide, 
semicells reniform, apex slightly elevated and truncate, lateral margins convex and convergent upward, 
apex, lateral margins and the center of the semicells furnished with granules, other parts of cell walls 
smooth (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 3, 1985). | 
Cosmarium ornatum ? or similar species, 
cell body 18 μm long, 18 μm wide, 
x 640, Shikinawa-ike (pond, near Kayoicho Park), Kasuya town, Fukuoka Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
 50 μm
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 150 μm; x 400 : 
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
Cosmarium ornatum Ralfs: 
Cell body deeply constricted, 32-40 μm long, 35-41 μm wide, 
constriction (isthmus) 11-13 μm wide, 
semicells reniform, apex slightly elevated and truncate, lateral margins convex and convergent upward, 
apex, lateral margins and the center of the semicells furnished with granules, other parts of cell walls 
smooth (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 3, 1985).  
Cell body (32-39)-40 μm long, 33-(36-41) μm wide, 
isthmus 10-(11-13) μm wide, 
(Illustrations of the Fresh-water Algae, 1977).  
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Copyright 1999 Yuuji Tsukii