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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales

 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, cell body μm long, 82 μm wide, 3 band-form chloroplasts making 2.5 turns, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, a small fountain at Futago-tamagawa green area, near Futago-tamagawa railway station, Setagaya ku, Tokyo, Japan, April 6, 2004 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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