Gamophyceae:
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae
Closterium lunula
(Müller) Nitzsch var. lunula
Species [var. lunula] : Cell body large,
250-(430-552)-1000 μm long, 47-(73-89)-120 μm wide,
L/W=5-8; inner-side nearly straight, outer-side convex;
tapered at both termini (broad circle, slightly inversed); cell wall smooth, transparent, without bands;
chloroplasts with many pyrenoids.
[var. biconvexum Schmidle]: Inner-side also convex;
455-603 μm long, 85-126 μm wide,
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
|
Closterium lunula var. lunula ?,
cell body 530 μm long, 80 μm wide, L/W=6.6,
x 200, x 400, x 640, No.2, Nozomiko (Lake Nozomi), Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Iiyama city, Nagano Pref., Japan, April 26, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Closterium lunula var. lunula,
cell body 570 μm long, 86 μm wide, L/W=6.6,
x 200, x 400, x 640, No.2, Nozomiko (Lake Nozomi), Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Iiyama city, Nagano Pref., Japan, April 26, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.2, Nozomiko (Lake Nozomi), Madarao highland, Iiyama city, Nagano Pref., Japan, April 26, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright
Protist Information Server