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

Spirotaenia erythrocephala
Itzigsohn

Spirotaenia erythrocephala 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 erythrocephala Itzigsohn, cell body 67 μm long, μm wide, x 640, Namegawa town, Saitama Pref., Japan, August 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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Spirotaenia erythrocephala Spirotaenia erythrocephala Spirotaenia erythrocephala


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