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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

 Spirogyra micropunctata
Transeau

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 micropunctata Transeau ?, cell body μm long, 36 μm wide, a single chloroplast making 2-4 turns, conjugation tubes formed from male gametangial cells, zygospores long ellipsoid with thick medial spore wall thick, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, May-June 1999 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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