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Chlorophyceae: Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae or Gonatozygaceae
(Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae)

Gonatozygon brebissonii
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Gonatozygon Genus: Two chloroplasts plate-like or slightly spiralled; a nucleus centrally located between the chloroplasts; mostly unicells, filaments rare (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body constricted near the both ends, (68-160)-288 μm long, (7-8)-10.8 μm wide, L/W = 10-16, cell wall densely granulated (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Gonatozygon brebissonii, cell body 180? μm long, 6.5 μm wide, L/W=27.7, x 400, x 640, rice field, Higashi-sano (near Minami-kamishiro railway station), Hakuba village, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 3, 2004 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
Gonatozygon brebissonii Gonatozygon brebissonii Gonatozygon brebissonii
Gonatozygon brebissonii Gonatozygon brebissonii

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