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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

Klebsormidium nitens 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).
Similar Genus ->> Ulothrix

Klebsormidium klebsii, cell body 11-22 μm long, 6.5 μm wide, with a parietal chloroplast containing a pyrenoid, x 640, Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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Klebsormidium Klebsormidium

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).

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