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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

 Closterium ralfsii
var. hybridum Rabenhorst

Closterium ralfsii Species [var. ralfsii]: Cell body slightly curved, swelled at the center, gradually attenuated (cf. C. kuetzingii, C. setaceum) toward both slanted and narrow ends (cf. C. rostratum), 300-610 μm long, (30-)40-62 μm wide, L/W=6-9; cell wall brownish in color, lined (7-9/10 μm); 6-9 pyrenoids in each semicell.
[var. hybridum]: Cell body slender than var. ralfsii, slightly swelled at the center; 300-770 μm long, 24-40 μm wide, L/W=12-18.
[var. gracilius]: Cell body smaller, narrower than var. ralfsii, 140-242 μm long, 11-25 μm wide.
[var. novae-anguliae]: Cell body longe than var. ralfsii, (631-816)-1080 μm long, (23-26)-30 μm wide, L/W=28-31 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> C. rostratum; C. kuetzingii; C. subulatum;

Closterium ralfsii Brébisson var. hybridum Rabenhorst (or C. rostratum ?), cell body 480 μm long, 40 μm wide, L/W=12.0, cell wall brownish in color and striated, bands present, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Koigakubo marsh, Tessei-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan, November 22, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cell body 488 μm long, 42 μm wide, L/W=11.6, x 100, x 200, x 400
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