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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

Zygnema sp.

Zygnema 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).
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Zygnema Agardh, cell body 60 μm long, 22 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, standing water near bus stop at gondola station going to the top of Yakebitai mountain (Chigo-ike), Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Zygnema

Images of collecting locality: Standing water near bus stop at gondola station going to the top of Yakebitai mountain (Chigo-ike), Shiga highland (Oku-shiga highland), Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, October 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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