Gamophyceae: 
Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae
Spirogyra sp.
 
Genus: Filament without branching; cell body cylindrical; one or several chloroplasts band-shaped, 
spirally arranged within the cell, pyrenoids present; septum with or without folded structure 
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
About 300 species (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
 
Species: 
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Spirogyra margaritata, 
cell body  μm long,  μm wide, 
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Toneri Park, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, December 2001 by Y. Tsukii
 50 μm
 100 μm
 150 μm; x 400 : 
 31 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
x 100, x 200
x 400
x 640
x 100, x 200, x 400
x 640
Spirogyra margaritata, 
cell body  μm long,  μm wide, 
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Toneri Park, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, December 2001 by Y. Tsukii
 50 μm
 100 μm
 150 μm; x 400 : 
 31 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
x 100, x 200
x 400, x 640
x 100, x 200
Spirogyra margaritata, 
cell body  μm long,  μm wide, 
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Toneri Park, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, December 2001 by Y. Tsukii
 50 μm
 100 μm
 150 μm; x 400 : 
 31 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
x 100, x 200
x 400
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