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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

 Spirogyra tenuissima
(Hassall) Kützing

Spirogyra Genus:
Species: Vegetative cells 66-198 μm long, 10-14 μm diam.; 1 chloroplast making 3.5-6 turns in each cell; conjugation scalariform, female gametangium swelled; zygospores elliptical (44-62 μm long, 20-28 μm wide) (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spirogyra arta, cell body μm long, 15 μm wide, septum folded, a single band-form chloroplast making more than 4 turns, x 640, near Eai-gawa (Eai river), Ishinazaka, Furukawa city, Miyagi Pref., Japan, November 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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cell body μm long, 21 μm wide, x 400, x 640
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Spirogyra tenuissima (Hassall) Kützing: Vegetative cells 66-198 μm long, 10-14 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 3.5-6 tuns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

* Spiryogyra arta Jao: Vegetative cells 165-225 μm long, 15-17 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 4-7 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra tumida Jao: Vegetative cells 85-175 μm long, 16-19 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 3-9 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Spiryogyra inflata (Vaucher) Kützing: Vegetative cells 85-160 μm long, 19-20 μm diam., 1 chloroplast making 2.5-4.5 turns in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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