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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Mesotaeniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae)

Spirotaenia obscura
Ralfs

Genus: Cell body cylindroid or spindle in shape; spiral ribbon-like chloroplasts or laminae of the chloroplast arranged spirally around central rod (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species : Vegetative cells spindle-shaped, 40-232 μm long, 7-30 μm diam., chloroplasts with many pyrenoids, 6-8 spiral ridges (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spirotaenia obscura, tape No. 0123, time code 1056, cell body 72 μm long, 13 μm diam., x 400, x 640, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, October 1998, by Y. Tsukii

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