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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

Staurastrum asterias

Staurastrum asterias 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: with arm-like projections (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)

Species:


Staurastrum sp. (asterias or zonatum var ceylanicum ?), x 640, Kaga city, Ishikawa Pref., Japan, 2000 by Y Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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