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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
(Chlorophyceae: Zygnematales: Gonatozygaceae or Mesotaeniaceae)

Mesotaenium chlamydosporum
de Bary var. violascens (De Bary) Krieger

Mesotaenium 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, 12.5 μm wide, L/W=2.2, x 640, No.4, Shijuhachi-ike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Mesotaenium Mesotaenium

Images of collecting locality: No.4, Shijuhachi-ike (marsh pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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