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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

 Closterium pusillum
Hantzsch var. pusillum

Closterium 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 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:

Closterium pusillum Hantzsch var. pusillum, cell body 30-46 μm long, 7 μm wide, L/W=4.3-6.6, x 400, x 640, Ikenokochi (or Ikenokouchi) marsh, Tsuruga city, Fukui Pref., Japan, September 11, 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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