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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium gracile
Brébisson ex Ralfs 1848

Closterium gracile 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: Cell body 90-(155-272)-275 μm long, (4-7)-8 μm wide, L/W = 25-40; slightly curved but straight at the center, tapered at both ends; cell wall smooth without bands (Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-Water Algae, 1977).


Closterium gracile Brébisson, cell body 206 μm long, 7 μm wide, L/W=29.4, x 640, a small pond near Yamakado marsh (Yamakado-Suigen-no-Mori), Nishi-Asai town, Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: A small pond near Yamakado marsh (Yamakado-Suigen-no-Mori), Nishi-Azai town, Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii


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