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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

Spirogyra sp.

Spirogyra Genus: Filament without branching; cell body cylindrical; one or several chloroplasts band-shaped, spirally arranged within the cell, pyrenoids present; septum with or without folded structure (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998). About 300 species (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Spirogyra sp., cell body within a gelatinous sheath, μm long, 34 μm wide, x 640, Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan, November 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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