Genus:
Cell body long cylindroid; a slight constriction at center; cross section of the semicells spherical,
slightly swell at the center but without a folded structure as
Docidium; slightly tapered toward both ends, which are truncated and smooth or
surrounded by granules or various small structures; laterally straight or wavy, with spiny
projections in some species; 2-10 ribbon-like chloroplasts in each semicell;
with many pyrenoids; a vacuole containing active granules at both ends same as in
Closterium;
cell wall mostly dotted, but with spines or other patterns in some species
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: |
Pleurotaenium nodosum var. borgei,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, No. 3, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
100 μm
200 μm
300 μm; x 200 :
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
Images of collecting locality:
No. 3, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii