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

Spirotaenia condensata
Brébisson

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 μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No.2a, a marsh pond at Mitsuishi marsh, Hachimantai city, Iwate Pref., Japan, August 13, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Spirotaenia condensata Spirotaenia condensata

Images of collecting locality: No.2, a marsh pond at Mitsuishi marsh, Hachimantai city, Iwate Pref., Japan, August 13, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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