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

Cylindrocystis gracilis
I.Hirn
Syn. C. brebissonii var. minor W. et G.S. West

Penium cylindrus Genus: Two chloroplasts with axis and laminae structure; axis short, laminae also short making the chloroplasts star-shaped
Species: Cell body cylindrical, distinctly broader than 10 μm; chloroplasts with longitudinal, twisting ridges (Coesel & Meesters, 2007).
Similar genus -->> Zygnema; Penium; Mesotaenium;


Cylindrocystis gracilis (formerly, C. brebissonii var. minor) ?, cell body 57 μm long, 14 μm wide, x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Penium cylindrus Penium cylindrus

Penium cylindrus (Ehrenberg) Brébisson, cell body 38 μm long, 13 μm wide, x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Penium cylindrus Penium cylindrus Penium cylindrus
Penium cylindrus Penium cylindrus


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