Gamophyceae:
Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae
Zygnema sp.
Genus: Filament without branching; cell body cylindrical; two chloroplasts star-shaped;
tubes formed (or cell body fused) at conjugation; zygospore spherical or broad ellipsoidal formed within female gametangium
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
|
Zygnema Agardh,
cell body 42-53 μm long, 22.5 μm wide, L/W=1.9-2.4,
x 640, Kitayama park, Higashi-Murayama city, Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Kitayama park, Higashi-Murayama city, Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
Zygnema excompressum Transeau:
vegetative cells 32-80 μm long,
23-26 μm diam.,
2 chloroplasts in each cell
Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright
Protist Information Server