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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

 Spirogyra sp.

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:

Spirogyra sp. (S. tenuissima ?), septum folded, cell body μm long, 12 μm wide, with a single chloroplast, x 640, Shikinawa-ike (pond, near Kayoicho Park), Kasuya town, Fukuoka Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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