Ulvophyceae: Ulotrichales: Ulotrichaceae
Phylum Viridiplantae: Subphylum Streptohyta: Class Klebsormidiophyceae (Protistology, 2003)

Klebsormidium nitens
(Meneghini) Lokhorst
Syn.: Klebsormidium klebsii (G. M. Smith) S. Mattox et Blackwell
Syn.: Chlorhormidium; Hormidium

Family: Chloroplasts plate-like or ribbon-like; sexual reproduction by isogamy. Genus: Without gelatinous sheath; filaments consist of many cells; no rhizoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). Species: Cell body similar to K. flaccidum, but cell body longer; 18-25 μm long, 6-8 μm diam., a single chloroplast with a pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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31 μm 63 μm 94 μm; x 640

Klebsormidium klebsii, cell body μm long, 6 μm wide, x 640, Sendabori, Matsudo city, Chiba Pref., Japan, January 2002 by Y. Tsukii

Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) S. Mattox et Blackwell (Syn. Hormidium flaccidum (Kützing) Braun): Cell body cylindrical; may slightly swells at middle of the cell; 8-12 μm long, 6-12 μm diam., a single chloroplast plate-like, extends 1/2 of the cell wall (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Klebsormidium klebsii (G. M. Smith) S. Mattox et Blackwell: Similar to K. flaccidum, but cell body longer; 18-25 μm long, 6-8 μm diam., a single chloroplast with a pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).