Gamophyceae:
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
(Chlorophyceae: Zygnematales: Gonatozygaceae or Mesotaeniaceae)
Mesotaenium chlamydosporum
de Bary var. violascens (De Bary) Krieger
Genus: Cell body ellipsoidal or short cylindrical; chloroplasts plate-like
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977) .
Species:
Mesotaenium chlamydosporum De Bary var. violascens (De Bary) Krieger ??,
cell body 28 μm long, 17 μm wide,
x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640