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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 23-35 μm long, 6 μm diam., cell body coated with gelatinous substance, x 400, x 640, Watarase-Yusuichi, Fujioka town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 2001 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
Spiroteanium Spiroteanium Spiroteanium Spiroteanium Spiroteanium

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