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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Mesotaeniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae)

 Spirotaenia condensata
Brébisson ex Ralfs 1848

Spirotaenia condensata Genus: Cell body cylindroid or spindle in shape; spiral ribbon-like chloroplasts or laminae of the chloroplast arranged spirally around central rod (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species : Vegetative cells large, cigar-shaped, 60-334 μm long, 10-30.4 μm diam., spiral band-form chloroplasts (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spirotaenia condensata Brébisson, cell body 260 μm long, μm wide, x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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Daughter cells, x 200, x 400, x 640
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Cell body 165 μm long, μm wide
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Spirotaenia obscura Ralfs: Vegetative cells spindle-shaped, 40-232 μm long, 7-30 μm diam., chloroplasts with many pyrenoids, 6-8 spiral ridges (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

* Spirotaenia condensata Brébisson: Vegetative cells large, cigar-shaped, 60-334 μm long, 10-30.4 μm diam., spiral band-form chloroplasts (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spirotaenia oblonga Lütkemüller: Vegetative cells small spindle-shaped, 25.5-30 μm long, 6-7 μm diam., band-form chloroplasts making 2 turns (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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