Gamophyceae:
Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae
Closterium ehrenbergii
Meneghinii ex Ralfs 1848
Species [var. ehrenbergii]:
Cell body large, swelled at the center (inner-side straight or slightly convex),
230-(384-416)-880 μm long, 44-(64-84)-170 μm wide,
L/W=4-6; cell wall smooth, colorless, bands absent; chloroplasts with 4-7 laminae, with many pyrenoids scattered.
[ var. atumidum Grönblad ]:
Inner side not convex, (416-508)-560 μm long, (60-69)-72 μm wide
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
[ var. podolicum Gutwinski ]:
Both ends slightly recurved, 382 μm long, 86 μm wide.
(Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol.9, 1989).
[ var. malinvernianum (De Notaris) Rabenhorst ]:
Cell wall lined (10-12 striae/10 μm), brownish in color; 265-520 μm long,
52-75 μm wide, L/W=4-7.
[ var. michailovskoense Elenkin ]: Cell wall dotted
(ibid., vol.4, 1985).
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Closterium ehrenbergii Meneghini var. ehrenbergii ?,
cell body 580 μm long, 80 μm wide, L/W=7.3,
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
x 640
Closterium ehrenbergii,
cell body 540 μm long, 77 μm wide, L/W=7.0,
x 200, x 400, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
x 640
Closterium ehrenbergii,
cell body 540 μm long, 78 μm wide, L/W=6.9,
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
x 640
Cell body 540 μm long, 71 μm wide, L/W=7.6, x 200, x 400, x 640
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