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:
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Zygnema sp.,
vegetative cells μm long, 44 μm diam.,
a slight constriction at septum, 2 chloroplasts in each cell,
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, October 2000, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Before and after cell division,
cell body 31, 62 μm long, 44 μm wide,
x 400, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki Pref., October 2000, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
Zygnema excompressum Transeau:
vegetative cells 32-80 μm long,
23-26 μm diam.,
2 chloroplasts in each cell
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