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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium dianae
Ehrenberg var. dianae

Closterium dianae Species [ var. dianae ]: Cell body slightly curved, tapered toward both ends, truncated with slanted edges, small pores present at outside of both termini, inner side at center slightly convex, 150-380 μm long, 15-40 μm wide, L/W = 10-12; cell wall smooth; chloroplasts with 5-8 pyrenoids in each chloroplast (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Cell body 160-323 μm long, 20-28 μm wide, L/W=8.3-12; chloroplasts with about 6 laminae; semicells with 4-8 pyrenoids (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 6, 1987).


Closterium dianae ?, cell body 145 μm long, 20 μm wide, L/W=7.3, x 400, x 640, Minuma-tanbo, Urawa, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Closterium Closterium Closterium

Closterium dianae, cell body 170 μm long, μm wide, L/W=7, x 400, x 640, Minuma-tanbo, Urawa, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Closterium Closterium Closterium

Closterium dianae, cell body 178 μm long, μm wide, L/W=7, x 400, x 640, Minuma-tanbo, Urawa, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Closterium Closterium Closterium Closterium Closterium


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