Cosmarium contractum O.Kirchner 1878


Division     Charophyta
Class     Zygnematophyceae
Order     Desmidiales
Family    Desmidiaceae
SynonymCosmarium jacobsenii Roy 1884; Cosmarium contractum f. (jacobsenii Roy) West & G.S. West 1902

    Cells medium in size, mostly cells longer than broad, cells deeply constricted at median and widely open sinus. Cells measure 39-44 μm in length and 25-29 μm in width, isthmus 5-8 μm broad. Semicell broadly oblong to circular in shape, mostly rounded apex or slightly truncated; cells circular in lateral view, oval shaped in vertical view. Cells walls are compactly punctuated.


Ecology

Thalli collected as plankton from Lake and Ponds and it prefers slightly acidic and oligo-mesotrophic water bodies.


Distribution in India

Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu and Uttarkhand.