Gamophyceae:
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae
Closterium lunula
(Müller) Nitzsch var. lunula
Species [var. lunula] : Cell body large,
250-(430-552)-1000 μm long, 47-(73-89)-120 μm wide,
L/W=5-8; inner-side nearly straight, outer-side convex;
tapered at both termini (broad circle, slightly inversed); cell wall smooth, transparent, without bands;
chloroplasts with many pyrenoids.
[var. biconvexum Schmidle]: Inner-side also convex;
455-603 μm long, 85-126 μm wide,
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Closterium lunula (Müller) Nitzsch var. lunula,
cell body 540 μm long, 74 μm wide, L/W =7.3,
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Kaga city, Ishikawa Pref., Japan, October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Closterium lunula var. lunula,
cell body 536 μm long, 72 μm wide, L/W =7.4,
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Kaga city, Ishikawa Pref., October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
A dividing cell ?,
cell body 540 μm long, 70 μm wide, L/W =7.7,
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