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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium lineatum
Ehrenberg var. lineatum

Closterium lineatum Species: Cell body large, elongated, slightly curved, both side nearly straight at central region, 300-(448-672)-768 μm long, 13-(20-48) μm wide, L/W=14-16; cell wall brownish, finely striated (about 12 lines within 10 μm); 9-11 pyrenoids in each semicells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Closterium lineatum Ehrenberg var. lineatum ?, cell body 190 μm long, 9 μm wide, L/W=21.1, x 640, Futayo-no-ike (pond) near Haguro mountain, Haguro town, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Closterium Closterium

Images of collecting locality: Futayo-no-ike (pond) near Haguro mountain, Haguro town, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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