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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium leibleinii
Kützing ex Ralfs 1848

Species: Cell body curved in various degree, slightly swells at the center, 90-(117-256)-260 μm long, 14-(19-34)-45 μm wide, L/W=6-8, cell wall smooth, transparent or brownish; chloroplasts with 2-4 laminae; semicells with 4-8 pyrenoids (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). Cell body 140-250 μm long, 28-34 μm wide, L/W=5-8; cell wall smooth; chloroplasts with 5-6 laminae; semicells with 3-4 pyrenoids (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 1, 1984).
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Closterium
C. leibleinii
275 x 35 μm
L/W=7.9
Karasu river
Takasaki
Gunma, 2004
Closterium
C. leibleinii
250 x 34 μm
245 x 32 μm
L/W=
Kinchakuda
Hidaka
Saitama, 2004
Closterium leibleinii
C. leibleinii
220 x 34 μm
L/W=6.5
Ara river
Kumagaya
Saitama, 2004
Chlosterium leibleinii
C. leibleinii
260 x μm
L/W=8.1
Motono
Chiba, 2003
Closterium leibleinii
C. leibleinii
200 x 22 μm
L/W=
Nagaike park
Hachioji
Tokyo, 2005
Closterium leibleinii
C. leibleinii
140 x 19 μm
L/W=7.4
Iruma river
Sayama
Saitama, 2004
Closterium
C. leibleinii
C. dianae ?
138 x 19 μm
L/W=7
Japan, 1998
Closterium
C. leibleinii ?
180 x 34 μm
L/W=5.3
Karasu river
Takasaki
Gunma, 2004
Closterium
C. leibleinii
C. dianae ?
187 x 15 μm
L/W=12.5
Kabuto-yama
Nishi-no-miya
Hyogo, 2004
Closterium leibleinii
C. leibleinii
180 x 20 μm
L/W=9.0
Kodanuki marsh
Fujinomiya
Shizuoka, 2006
Closterium leibleinii
C. leibleinii
200 x 25 μm
L/W=8.0
Ho-daisan p.
Yoshikawa
Saitama, 2006
Closterium leibleinii
C. leibleinii
218 x 25 μm
L/W=8.7
Tsuki river
Ogawa
Saitama, 2007
Closterium leibleinii
C. leibleinii
170 x 24 μm
L/W=7.1
Ohdo-ike p.
Chuo-ku
Chiba, 2007
Similar species -->> C. moniliferum; C. dianae;

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Closterium leibleinii
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