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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium ehrenbergii
var. atumidum Grönblad

Closterium ehrenbergii Species [var. ehrenbergii]: Cell body large, swelled at the center (inner-side straight or slightly convex), 230-(384-416)-880 μm long, 44-(64-84)-170 μm wide, L/W=4-6; cell wall smooth, colorless, bands absent; chloroplasts with 4-7 laminae, with many pyrenoids scattered.
[ var. atumidum Grönblad ]: Inner side not convex, (416-508)-560 μm long, (60-69)-72 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
[ var. podolicum Gutwinski ]: Both ends slightly recurved, 382 μm long, 86 μm wide. (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol.9, 1989).
[ var. malinvernianum (De Notaris) Rabenhorst ]: Cell wall lined (10-12 striae/10 μm), brownish in color; 265-520 μm long, 52-75 μm wide, L/W=4-7.
[ var. michailovskoense Elenkin ]: Cell wall dotted (ibid., vol.4, 1985).


Closterium ehrenbergii var. atumidum Grönblad, cell body 525 μm long, 70 μm wide, L/W = 7.5, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Manzaki, Narita city, Chiba Pref., Japan, October 2000, 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
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Closterium sp. (ehrenbergii ?), x 100, x 200, Manzaki, Narita city, Chiba Pref., October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
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Closterium ehrenbergii Meneghini var. ehrenbergii: Cell body large, swelled at center, tapered at both termini, 150-(176-323)-380 μm long, 15-(20-28)-40 μm wide, L/W= 4-6; cell wall smooth, colorless, with no bands; 5-8 pyrenoids in each chloroplast (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


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