Genus: Cell body crescent in shape (long, curved, tapered at both ends); cross section rounded; cell wall smooth or with longitudinal lines, bands on the cell wall in some species; chloroplast laminae ridged and radially arranged, which makes cross section star-shaped; pyrenoids aligned or scattered (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
T=terminal; Tv=terminal vacuole
C. lunala μm; L/W= x 200 |
C. setaceum μm; L/W= x 200 |
Closterium sp.1 μm; L/W= x 200 |
Closterium sp.2 μm; L/W= x 200 |
Closterium sp.3 μm; L/W= x 200 |
Closterium sp.4 μm; L/W= x 400 |
Closterium sp.5 μm; L/W= x 200 |
Closterium sp.6 μm; L/W= x 400 |