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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium venus
Kützing var. venus

Closterium venus Species [ var. venus ]: Cell body small, strongly curved, inner side not convex, both ends pointed, 48-(54-60)-85 μm long, 6-(9)-11 μm wide, L/W=8-9; cell wall smooth, transparent or brownish in color; 1-2 pyrenoids in each chloroplast, one lamina visible.
[ var. incurvum (Brébisson) Krieger ]: Smaller than var. venus, 30-(50-73)-80 μm long, 6-(8.4-11)-14 μm wide, L/W=5-7 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species --->> C. cynthia;


Closterium venus Kützing var. venus, cell body 100 μm long, 11.5 μm wide, L/W=8.7, x 640, Saiko (Lake Sai), Teigai, Toda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, August 8, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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