Gamophyceae:
Desmidales: Mesotaeniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae)
Cylindrocystis gracilis
I.Hirn
Syn. C. brebissonii var. minor W. et G.S. West
Genus:
Two chloroplasts with axis and laminae structure;
axis short, laminae also short making the chloroplasts star-shaped
Species: Cell body cylindrical, distinctly broader than 10 μm;
chloroplasts with longitudinal, twisting ridges
(Coesel & Meesters, 2007).
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Zygnema;
Penium;
Mesotaenium;
Cylindrocystis gracilis (formerly, C. brebissonii var. minor) ?,
cell body 32 μm long, 14 μm wide, L/W=2.3,
x 640, No.1, Hachiman-numa marsh, Hachimantai, Hachimantai city, Iwate Pref., Japan, August 23, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.1, Hachiman-numa marsh, Hachimantai, Hachimantai city, Iwate Pref., Japan, August 23, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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