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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

Closterium lineatum
Ehrenberg var. lineatum

Closterium lineatum Species: Cell body large, elongated, slightly curved, both side nearly straight at central region, 300-(448-672)-768 μm long, 13-(20-48) μm wide, L/W=14-16; cell wall brownish, finely striated (about 12 lines within 10 μm); 9-11 pyrenoids in each semicells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Closterium lineatum Ehrenberg var. lineatum ?, cell body 292 μm long, 14 μm wide, L/W = 21, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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Closterium, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
Closterium Closterium


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