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Ulvophyceae: Ulotrichales: Ulotrichaceae
Phylum Viridiplantae: Subphylum Streptohyta: Class Klebsormidiophyceae (Protistology, 2003)

Klebsormidium nitens
(Meneghini) Lokhorst
Syn.: Klebsormidium klebsii
Identified by Pavel Skaloud, Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague

Klebsormidium nitens 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 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).

Klebsormidium nitens (Syn. K. klebsii), identified by Pavel Skaloud, cell body 4.5 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Chyausu-Dake (mountain), Nasu town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, October 2000, collected by H. Shiomizu, photo 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

Klebsormidium nitens (Syn. K. klebsii), identified by Pavel Skaloud, x 400, x 640, Kagami-Ike, Otawara city, Tochigi Pref., 2000, photo 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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