Ulvophyceae:
Ulotrichales: Ulotrichaceae
Phylum Viridiplantae: Subphylum Streptohyta: Class Klebsormidiophyceae (Protistology, 2003)
Klebsormidium flaccidum
(Kützing) S. Mattox et Blackwell
Syn.: Hormidium flaccidum (Kützing) Braun
Family: Chloroplasts plate-like or ribbon-like; sexual reproduction by isogamy.
Genus:
Without gelatinous sheath; filaments consist of many cells; no rhizoid
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: cell body cylindrical or somewhat laterally swelled, 6-12 μm long, 8-12 μm wide;
a single chloroplast plate-like, parietal covering half of the cell wall, with a pyrenoid
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) S. Mattox et Blackwell (or Ulthorix ?),
cell body 11-18 μm long, 12.5 μm wide,
x 640, a small wetland near Numa-no-hara marsh (Genseikaen), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 15, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Klebsormidium flaccidum
(Kützing) S. Mattox et Blackwell (Syn. Hormidium flaccidum (Kützing) Braun):
Cell body cylindrical; may slightly swells at middle of the cell;
8-12 μm long,
6-12 μm diam.,
a single chloroplast plate-like, extends 1/2 of the cell wall
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Klebsormidium klebsii (G. M. Smith) S. Mattox et Blackwell:
Similar to K. flaccidum, but cell body longer;
18-25 μm long,
6-8 μm diam.,
a single chloroplast with a pyrenoid
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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