Gamophyceae: 
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
(Chlorophyceae: Zygnematales: Gonatozygaceae or Mesotaeniaceae)
Mesotaenium chlamydosporum
de Bary var. violascens (De Bary) Krieger
 
Genus: Cell body ellipsoidal or short cylindrical; chloroplasts plate-like 
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977) .
 
Species: 
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Mesotaenium chlamydosporum De Bary var. violascens (De Bary) Krieger ?, 
cell body 28 μm long, 12.5 μm wide, L/W=2.2, 
x 640, No.4, Shijuhachi-ike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality: 
No.4, Shijuhachi-ike (marsh pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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