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In the present contribution the anisotropic structure of the two-dimensional linear Cosserat elasticity is investigated. The symmetry classes of this model are derived and detailed in a synthetic way. Particular attention is paid to specific features of Cosserat elasticity: sensitivity to non-centrosymmetry and to chirality. These aspects are important for the application of this continuum theory to the mechanical modelling of lattices and metamaterials. In order to give a parameterisation to the Cosserat constitutive law, an explicit harmonic decomposition of its constitutive tensors is provided. Finally, using an algorithm introduced in a side paper, a minimal integrity basis, which is the minimal set of polynomial invariants generating the algebra of $O<!--FUNCTION\; APPLICATION-->(2)$-invariant polynomials, is reported.

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