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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

 Closterium rostratum
Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848

Closterium rostratum Species: Cell body medium in size, slightly curved, central region spindle-shaped, both side convex, both termini slightly swelled, with slanted edges (cf. C. ralfsii), 190-(320-400)-530 μm long, 18-(29-33) μm wide, L/W=11-16; cell wall striated (10 lines within 10 μm), brownish in color; chloroplasts with 3 laminae, 3-5 pyrenoids in each semicell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Closterium rostratum Ehrenberg (or C. striolatum ?), cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640, No.1, a small marsh pond at North East of Hachimantai mountain top, Hachimantai city, Iwate Pref., Japan, August 23, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Closterium rostratum Closterium rostratum Closterium rostratum
Cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640
Closterium rostratum Closterium rostratum Closterium rostratum

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