Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis var. amazonensis Kurt Först.

SÁNCHEZ, Luzmila, SÁNCHEZ, Fernando R., RÍOS-TOUMA, Blanca & José V. MONTOYA, 2025, Desmidiales (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae) from lowland rivers and floodplain lakes of Ecuadorian Amazonia, Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (3), pp. 31-60 : 46-47

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https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2025v46a3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17067989

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Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis var. amazonensis Kurt Först.
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Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis var. amazonensis Kurt Först.

( Fig. 5A, B View FIG )

Amazoniana 2 (1/2): 40 ( Förster 1969).

DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil ( Lopes & Bicudo 2003), Venezuela ( Delgado et al. 2003). Amazon Basin: Förster (1969); Uherkovich (1981); Martins (1986b); Lopes & Bicudo (2003), Melo et al. (2009). Western Amazonia (lowlands): Díaz-Olarte & Duque (2009).

DESCRIPTION

Cells 137.0-153.7 µm long, 116.9-161.7 µm wide, isthmus 25.8-30.0 µm, apex 67.2 µm. Cell wall with serrated margins; presence of intramarginal spines throughout the cell. Semielliptical semicells, five-lobed, deep incisions; polar lobe sharply projecting beyond the lateral lobes.

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