Genus: Cell body crescent in shape (long, curved, tapered at both ends); cross section rounded;
cell wall smooth or with longitudinal lines, bands on the cell wall in some species;
chloroplast laminae ridged and radially arranged, which makes cross section star-shaped;
pyrenoids aligned or scattered
Species: Cell body elongated spindle-shaped, μm long, μm wide, L/W= ; |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Closterium pronum ,
cell body 136 μm long, 4.5 μm wide, L/W=30,
x 640, Midagahara (bog/marsh), Tate-yama (Moutain), Tateyama town, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 23, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No. 4, Midagahara (bog/marsh), Tate-yama (Moutain), Tateyama town, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 23, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
