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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales

 Spirogyra ellipsospora
Transeau

Spirogyra Species : Vegetative cells 125-500 μm long, 125-150 μm diam., 3-8 chloroplasts making 0.4-5 turns in each cell; zygotes (zygospores) ellipsoid, 160-255 μm long, 100-140 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spirogyra ellipsospora Transeau, cell body 328 μm long, 124 μm wide, 5 band-form chloroplasts making 2.5 turns in each cell, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Kabuto-yama sizen-kansatsu ike (pond), Kabuto-yama, Nishi-no-miya city, Hyogo Pref., Japan, September 10, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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x 640
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Zygotes (zygospores) 160 μm long, 110 μm wide, x 100, x 200
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