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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 235 μm long, 6.5 μm wide, x 400, x 640, No. 7-1, Midagahara (bog/marsh), Tate-yama (Moutain), Tateyama town, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 23, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Closterium Closterium

Images of collecting locality: No. 7, Midagahara (bog/marsh), Tate-yama (Moutain), Tateyama town, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 23, 2006, by Y. Tsukii


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