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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Mesotaeniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae)

 Spirotaenia beijerinckii
P.F.M. Coesel
Syn. Spirotaenia minuta var. obtusa Lütkemüller

Spirotaenia beijerinckii Genus: Cell body cylindroid or spindle in shape; spiral ribbon-like chloroplasts or laminae of the chloroplast arranged spirally around central rod (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species :

Spirotaenia beijerinckii Coesel, cell body 44 μm long, 7 μm wide, L/W=6.3, x 640, Koigakubo marsh, Tessei-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan, November 22, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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