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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium praelongum
Brébisson var. praelongum

Closterium praelongum Species [var. praelongum]: Cell body 380-885 μm long, 11-26 μm, L/W = 22-24; slightly curved but straight at the center, tapered at both ends; curveture reversed at both ends, cell wall finely striated.
[var. brevius Nordstedt ]: Cell body shorter than v. praelongum, 198-360 μm long, 13-24 μm, L/W = 10-22.
[var. porosum (Gutwinski) Krieger ]: Cell body 120-557 μm long, 18-24 μm, L/W = 10-22; cellwall finely dotted, (Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-Water Algae, 1977).


Closterium praelongum, cell body 315 μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640, No. 2, Okahotto-Yatsu Museum (a biotope including rice field), Okahotto, Abiko city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 17, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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Closterium praelongum Closterium praelongum Closterium praelongum
Cell body 315 μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 400,x 640
Closterium praelongum Closterium praelongum Closterium praelongum Closterium praelongum

Images of collecting locality: No. 2, Okahotto-Yatsu Museum (a biotope including rice field), Okahotto, Abiko city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 17, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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