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Xanthidium antilopaeum f. javanicum Desmid Species Outer Hebrides

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Phylum: Charophyta   Family: Desmidiaceae

Xanthidium antilopaeum f. javanicum (Nordstedt) Coesel

Coesel & Meesters (2007) record this as 'var. hebridarum f. javanicum'. Variety hebridarum is noted for three spines on the angles of the cells. Forma javanicum has four; the apical ones are twinned. An acidophile, apparently not uncommon

References: 
Coesel, P.F.M. & Meesters, K.J. (2007) Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae of the European Lowlands

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