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

Klebsormidium nitens
(Meneghini) Lokhorst
Syn.: Klebsormidium klebsii (G. M. Smith) S. Mattox et Blackwell
Syn.: Chlorhormidium; Hormidium

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 ?, cell body 9-18 μm long, 5 μm wide, x 640, Ikenokochi (or Ikenokouchi) marsh, Tsuruga city, Fukui Pref., Japan, September 11, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Klebsormidium Klebsormidium

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