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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium moniliferum
(Bory) Ehrenberg var. ???

Closterium Species: Cell body moderately curved, gradually attenuated toward ends, which are broadly rounded, inner margin slightly inflated in the middle, outer margin strongly convex, 204-384 μm long, 36-60 μm wide, L/W=4.6-8; chloroplasts with 4-6 longitudinal ridges and 4-7 pyrenoids in each semicell; cell wall smooth and colorless; zygospores ellipsoid with a smooth wall (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 7, 1987). Cell body 170-450 μm long, 28-72 μm wide, L/W=6-8 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> C. ehrenbergii;


Closterium moniliferum (Bory) Ehrenberg, cell body 300 μm long, 50 μm wide, L/W=6.0, x 400, x 640, Kodai-hasu-no-sato park (Ancient lotus park), Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 11, 2006 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 moniliferum Closterium moniliferum Closterium moniliferum

Images of collecting locality: Kodai-hasu-no-sato park (Ancient lotus park), Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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