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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae
(Chlorophyceae: Zygnematales: Gonatozygaceae or Mesotaeniaceae)

 Mesotaenium macrococcum
(Kützing) Roy et Bisset

Mesotaenium macrococcum Genus: Cell body ellipsoidal or short cylindrical; chloroplasts plate-like.
Species: Cell body cylindrical, 22-38 μm long, 11-20 μm wide, both ends rounded, a single plate-like chloroplast present, margins dented (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977) .

Mesotaenium macrococcum (Kützing) Roy et Bisset ?, cell body 24-40 μm long, 16 μm wide, L/W=1.5-2.5, a single plate-like chloroplast present, x 640, Karakemi marsh, Yasaka village, Nagano Pref., Japan, April 24, 2005 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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Mesotaenium macrococcum (Kützing) Roy et Bisset ?, cell body 35-41 μm long, 21 μm wide, L/W=1.7-2.0, x 400, x 640, Karakemi marsh, Yasaka village, Nagano Pref., Japan, November 23, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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