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Chlorophyta: Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Mesotaeniaceae

Netrium digitus
(Ehrenberg) Itzigsohn & Rothe var. naegelii (Brébisson) Krieger

Genus: Cell body usuall large, spindle or cylindroid in shape, rounded at both ends; two chloroplasts star-shaped at cross-section, consisting of a central rod and radially arranged dented laminae (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body 140-380 μm long, 40-80 μm wide, L/W = 2.5-4; cell wall smooth; chloroplasts with 5-6 ridges (Photomicrographs of the Fresh-water Algae, 1984).


Netrium digitus var. naegelii (Brébisson) Krieger, tape No. 0332, time code 0000, cell body 263 μm long, 63 μm wide, L/W = 4.2, x 400, x 640, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 2001, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii


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