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

Tortitaenia
Brook

Family: Cell body cylindrical or spindle-shaped, loosely attached with each other to form a filamentous colony; cell wall smooth, consists of a single partition, one layer; 1-2 chloroplasts plate- or ribbon-like, with pyrenoids; a single nucleus centrally placed.
Genus:
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Tortitaenia obscura
T. obscura
7 samples
72-208 x μm
1998-2008
Tortitaenia bahusiensis
T. bahusiensis
6 samples
μm
2002-2006

Similar genus -->> Roya; Mesotaenium; Spirotaenia;

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Tortitaenia bahusiensis
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