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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

 Closterium pronum

Closterium pronum Genus: Cell body crescent in shape (long, curved, tapered at both ends); cross section rounded; cell wall smooth or with longitudinal lines, bands on the cell wall in some species; chloroplast laminae ridged and radially arranged, which makes cross section star-shaped; pyrenoids aligned or scattered
Species: Cell body elongated spindle-shaped, μm long, μm wide, L/W= ;

Closterium pronum , cell body 280 μm long, 7 μm wide, L/W=~40, x 400, x 640, Omuta-ike (pond), Kasuga city, Fukuoka Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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