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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae

 Pleurotaenium simplicissimum
Grönblad var. simplicissimum

Pleurotaenium simplicissimum Species [ var. simplicissimum ]: Cell body nearly straight cylinder in shape, both ends truncated, 740-(848) μm long, 32-(33-34) μm wide, L/W=22-24; semicells with 3-4 waves at their base; cell wall dotted; (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Pleurotaenium simplicissimum Grönblad var. simplicissimum, cell body 628 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=25.1, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, September 10, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
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