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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium leibleinii
Kützing ex Ralfs 1848

Closterium leibleinii Species: Cell body curved in various degree, slightly swells at the center, 90-(117-256)-260 μm long, 14-(19-34)-45 μm wide, L/W=6-8, cell wall smooth, transparent or brownish; chloroplasts with 2-4 laminae; semicells with 4-8 pyrenoids (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). Cell body 140-250 μm long, 28-34 μm wide, L/W=5-8; cell wall smooth; chloroplasts with 5-6 laminae; semicells with 3-4 pyrenoids (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 1, 1984).


Closterium leibleinii Kützing, cell body 140 μm long, 19 μm wide, L/W=7.4, x 640, Iruma river, Sayama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, January 25, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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