image_list image_listE

Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Mesotaeniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae)

Roya
W. et G.S. West 1896

Family: Cell body cylindrical or spindle-shaped, loosely attached with each other to form a filamentous colony; cell wall smooth, consists of a single partition, one layer; 1-2 chloroplasts plate- or ribbon-like, with pyrenoids; a single nucleus centrally placed.
Genus: Cell body elongate cylindrical; (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977) .
Google Image Search
Roya
R. obtsusa
v. anglica
51,74 x 8 μm
near Akai wetland
Aizuwakamatsu
Fukushima, 2005
Roya obtsusa
R. obtsusa
v. anglica
μm
near Akai wetland
Aizuwakamatsu
Fukushima, 2008

Similar genus -->> Mesotaenium; Gonatozygon;

Please click on species name for more images.
Roya
Copyright Protist Information Server