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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium rostratum
Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848

Closterium Species: Cell body medium in size, slightly curved, central region spindle-shaped, both side convex, both termini slightly swelled, with slanted edges (cf. C. ralfsii), 190-(320-400)-530 μm long, 18-(29-33) μm wide, L/W=11-16; cell wall striated (10 lines within 10 μm), brownish in color; chloroplasts with 3 laminae, 3-5 pyrenoids in each semicell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Closterium rostratum Ehrenberg or C. lanceolatum ?, cell body 209 μm long, 26 μm wide, cell wall smooth ?, bands present, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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Closterium (lanceolatum ?), Uruguay 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
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