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

Spirotaenia erythrocephala
Itzigsohn

Spirotaenia erythrocephala 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 :


Spirotaenia erythrocephala Itzigsohn, cell body 86 μm long, 17 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Iida-shinden, Nishi-ku, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 4, 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
Spirotaenia erythrocephala Spirotaenia erythrocephala Spirotaenia erythrocephala
Spirotaenia erythrocephala Spirotaenia erythrocephala
Spirotaenia erythrocephala Spirotaenia erythrocephala Spirotaenia erythrocephala
Spirotaenia erythrocephala Spirotaenia erythrocephala Spirotaenia erythrocephala


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