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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales

 Spirogyra daedaleoides
Czurda

Spirogyra Genus: Filament without branching; cell body cylindrical; one or several chloroplasts band-shaped, spirally arranged within the cell, pyrenoids present; septum with or without folded structure (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998). About 300 species (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Vegetative cells 65-240 μm long, 29-36 μm diam.; 1 chloroplast making 2.5-8 turns in each cell; conjugation scalariform; tubes formed from both gametangial cells; female gametangium cylindrical or slightly swelled; zygospores football-shaped (55-85 μm long, 30-36 μm wide) (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spirogyra sp. (S. daedaleoides ?), cell body μm long, 30 μm wide, a single chloroplast making 3-3.5 turns, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Sendabori, Matsudo city, Chiba Pref., Japan, January 2002 by Y. Tsukii
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Spirogyra daedaleoides Czurda (or S. porticalis ?), cell body 31 μm wide, one band-form chloroplast making 4.5 turns in each cell, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Watarase-Yusuichi, Fujioka town, Tochigi Pref., May 2001 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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* Spiryogyra porticalis Müller Cleve: Vegetative cells 66-200 μm long, 40-50 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 3-5 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

** Spiryogyra daedaleoides Czurda: Vegetative cells 65-240 μm long, 29-36 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 2.5-8 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra micropunctata Transeau: Vegetative cells 96-170 μm long, 30-34 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 3.5-7 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra singularis Nordstedt: Vegetative cells 50-170 μm long, 29-39 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 3-5 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra varians (Hassall) Kützing: Vegetative cells 30-70 μm long, 30-38 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 1-4 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra bicarptrata Czurda: Vegetative cells (32-) 52-68 μm long, 38-40 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 1-4 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra variformis Transeau: Vegetative cells 60-140 μm long, 43-50 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 1-6.5 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra scrpboculata (Stockmayer) Czurda: Vegetative cells 56-132 μm long, 32-38 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 1-3 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra daedalea Lagerheim: Vegetative cells (96-) 160-280 μm long, 32-36 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 2-3.5 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra occidentalis (Transeau) Czurda: Vegetative cells 125-300 μm long, 40-50 μm diam., 1-2 or 3 chloroplasts making 1-2.5 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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