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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium moniliferum
(Bory) Ehrenberg var. moniliferum

Species [var. moniliferum]: 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).
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3) Cell body moderately curved; inner side concaved; L/W = 6-7; body < 300 μm
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
290 x 46 μm
270 x 47 μm
L/W=6.3, 5.7
Yamaguchi Univ.
Yamaguchi, 2004
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
290 x 43 μm
L/W=6.3
near Karasu river
Fujioka
Gunma, 2004
Closterium
var. moniliferum
250-288 x 35-48 μm
L/W=6.0-7.1
Japan, 1998
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
280 x 44 μm
L/W=6.4
Sanda
Hyogo, 2001
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
280 x 47 μm
L/W=6.0
Midori-no-ike
Togakushi highland
Nagano, 2005
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
250 x 42 μm
L/W=6.0
Togakushi highland
Nagano, 2006
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
280 x 45 μm
L/W=6.2
Satsunai river
Obihiro
Hokkaido, 2005
Closterium
var. moniliferum
268 x 40 μm
L/W=6.7
Kitamoto
Saitama, 2001
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
265 x 42 μm
L/W=6.3
Hazama marsh
Ashikaga
Tochigi, 2003
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
260-280 x 40-42 μm
L/W=6.5-6.7
Hazama marsh
Ashikaga
Tochigi, 2006
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
270 x 40 μm
L/W=6.8
Kejo-numa
Furukawa
Miyagi, 2003
Closterium
var. moniliferum
265 x 38 μm
L/W=7.0
drainage ditch
Urawa
Saitama, 2005
Closterium
var. moniliferum
250 x 37 μm
L/W=6.8
Japan, 1998
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
250 x 40 μm
L/W=6.3
Niigata, 2001
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
250 x 40 μm
L/W=6.3
Tachikawa
Tokyo, 2001
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
250 x 40 μm
L/W=6.3
rice field
Ichinoseki
Iwate, 2005
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
250 x 37 μm
L/W=6.8
Konpira bridge
Shirakawa
Fukushima, 2003
Closterium
var. moniliferum
234 x 38 μm
L/W=6.2
Japan, 1999
Closterium
var. moniliferum
235 x 35 μm
L/W=6.7
Tochigi, 2001

var. moniliferum
220 x 37 μm
cell division
Saitama, 2000
Closterium
var. moniliferum
208 x 33 μm
L/W=6.3
Uruguay, 1999
Closterium
var. moniliferum ?
μm
L/W=6
Japan, 199?
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
215 x 33 μm
L/W=6.5
Kejo-numa
Furukawa
Miyagi, 2003
Closterium moniliferum
var. moniliferum
212 x 34 μm
L/W=6.2
near City Hall
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004
Similar species -->> C. dianae; C. leibleinii; C. ehrenbergii;

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Closterium moniliferum
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