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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

 Spirogyra sp.

Spirogyra 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., cell body 125 μm long, 79 μm wide, L/W=1.6, a single band-form chloroplast making 7.5 turns in each cell, x 200, x 400, x 640, Watari mizube-no-gakkou, riverside park of Abukuma river, Fukushima city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, October 28, 2005 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
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