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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

 Zygnema sp.

Zygnema Genus: Filament without branching; cell body cylindrical; two chloroplasts star-shaped; tubes formed (or cell body fused) at conjugation; zygospore spherical or broad ellipsoidal formed within female gametangium (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: Cell body 30-73 μm long, 16-20 μm wide; conjugation tubes formed by both gametangial cells; fertile cells inflated on the conjugating side; zygospores spherical or nearly spherical, 36-46 μm in diam., 34-45 μm long; medial spore wall yellowish brown, with small pores 3-4 μm in diam. arranging at 2.5-4 μm intervals at maturity (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Zygnema normani Taft (or Z. calosporum Jao ?), cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 200, x 400, x 640, water field near Takao bridge, near Takao-sakura park, Kitamoto city, Saitama Pref., April 17, 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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Cell body 36-42 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=1.4-1.7, zygotes nearly spherical, 36 μm in diam., x 400, x 640
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Zygnema excompressum Transeau: vegetative cells 32-80 μm long, 23-26 μm diam., 2 chloroplasts in each cell

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