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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Mesotaeniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae)

Cylindrocystis brebissonii
Meneghini var. brebissonii

Cylindrocystis Genus: Two chloroplasts with axis and laminae structure; axis short, laminae also short making the chloroplasts star-shaped
Species: Cell body cylindrical, large, 20-87 μm long, 11-35 μm wide (Photomicrographs of the Fresh-water Algae, 1984).
[var. brebissonii]: Cell body cylindridal with both round ends, 30-87 μm long, 14-35 μm wide, L/W=2-4; chloroplasts star-shaped, with a single pyrenoid. (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar genus -->> Zygnema; Penium; Mesotaenium;


Cylindrocystis brebissonii Meneghini var. brebisonii, cell body 29-35 μm long, 16 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No.2, Hachiman-numa marsh, Hachimantai, Hachimantai city (formerly Ashiro town & Matsuo village), Iwate Pref., Japan, September 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cylindrocystis brebissonii Cylindrocystis brebissonii

Images of collecting locality: No.2, Hachiman-numa marsh, Hachimantai, Hachimantai city (formerly Ashiro town & Matsuo village), Iwate Pref., Japan, September 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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