Species [ var. venus ]: Cell body small, strongly curved, inner side not convex, both ends pointed,
48-(54-60)-85 μm long, 6-(9)-11 μm wide, L/W=8-9;
cell wall smooth, transparent or brownish in color; 1-2 pyrenoids in each chloroplast, one lamina visible. [ var. incurvum (Brébisson) Krieger ]: Smaller than var. venus, 30-(50-73)-80 μm long, 6-(8.4-11)-14 μm wide, L/W=5-7 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.2, Kejo-numa, Furukawa-Ono, Osaki city (formerly Furukawa city), Miyagi Pref., Japan, October 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
