Gamophyceae
: Desmidales: Mesotaeniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae)
Spirotaenia
erythrocephala
Itzigsohn
Genus: Cell body cylindroid or spindle in shape; spiral ribbon-like chloroplasts or laminae of the chloroplast arranged spirally around central rod (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species :
Spirotaenia erythrocephala
Itzigsohn, cell body
86
μm long,
17
μm wide, x 400, x 640, Iida-shinden, Nishi-ku, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 4, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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