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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)

Closterium moniliferum
(Bory) Ehrenberg var. moniliferum

Species: Cell body moderately curved, gradually attenuated toward ends, which are broadly rounded, inner margin slightly inflated in the middle, outer margin strongly convex, 204-384 μm long, 36-60 μm wide, L/W=4.6-8; chloroplasts with 4-6 longitudinal ridges and 4-7 pyrenoids in each semicell; cell wall smooth and colorless; zygospores ellipsoid with a smooth wall (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 7, 1987). Cell body 170-450 μm long, 28-72 μm wide, L/W=6-8 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Closterium moniliferum (Bory) Ehrenberg, tape No. 0123, time code 0357, Torinome kasen park, Nasu-shiobara (formerly Kuroiso) city, Tochigi Pref. Japan, September 1998 by Y. Tsukii


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