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

Cylindrocystis
Meneghini ex de Bary 1858

Family: Cell body cylindrical or spindle-shaped, loosely attached with each other to form a filamentous colony; cell wall smooth, consists of a single partition, one layer; 1-2 chloroplasts plate- or ribbon-like, with pyrenoids; a single nucleus centrally placed.
Genus: two chloroplasts with axis and laminae structure; axis short, laminae also short making the chloroplasts star-shaped (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Cylindrocystis
Cylindrocystis sp.
C. brebissonii ?
63 x 37 μm
L/W= 1.7
Shimo-muneoka
Shiki
Saitama, 2004
Cell body cylindrical in shape, width 14-35 μm; L/W=2-4
Cylindrocystis brebissonii
C. brebissonii
v. brebissonii
46 samples
32-73 x 11-29 μm
199?-2008
Cylindrocystis
C. brebissonii
v. brebissonii
46 samples
32-73 x 11-29 μm
199?-2008
 Cylindrocystis brebissonii
C. brebissonii
v. brebissonii
46 samples
32-73 x 11-29 μm
199?-2008
Cylindrocystis brebissonii
C. brebissonii
v. brebissonii
46 samples
32-73 x 11-29 μm
199?-2008
Cell body cylindrical in shape, narrower than 14 μm
Cylindrocystis
C. gracilis
11 samples
24-80 x 11-15 μm
2003-2007
Cylindrocystis
C. cushleckae
2 samples
35-37 x 9 μm
Japan, 2004
Cell body ellipsoidal in shape
Clyndrocystis
Cylindrocystis sp. ?
62 x 23 μm
L/W= 2.7
Kayoicho-ike
Fukuoka, 2001
Cylindrocystis
C. crassa ?
9 samples
15-55 x μm
2001-2007
Cylindrocystis
C. crassa ?
9 samples
15-55 x μm
2001-2007
Cylindrocystis
C. crassa ?
9 samples
15-55 x μm
2001-2007

Similar genus -->> Zygnema; Penium; Mesotaenium;

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Cylindrocystis brebissonii
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