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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

 Closterium acerosum
var. minus Hantzsch

Closterium acerosum Genus: Cell body crescent in shape (long, curved, tapered at both ends); cross section rounded; cell wall smooth or with longitudinal lines, bands on the cell wall in some species; chloroplast laminae ridged and radially arranged, which makes cross section star-shaped; pyrenoids aligned or scattered (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:

Closterium acerosum var. minus Hantzsch or C. lanceolatum Kützing, cell body 380 μm long, 46 μm wide, L/W=8.3, x 200, x 400, x 640, Michi-no-eki, near Jomo-kogen railway station, Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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