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Chlorophyta: Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae
Spirogyra sp.
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.,
tape No. 0327, time code 0000,
cell body μm long, 34 μm wide,
4 band-form chloroplasts making 2-3 turns in each cell,
x 400, x 640, Kanayama green park, Kiyose city, Tokyo, Japan, August 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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