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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidiaceae or Closteriaceae

 Closterium rectimarginatum

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Closterium libellula 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).
Species:

Closterium rectimarginatum ?, cell body 218 μm long, 20 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Wetland II, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, September 9, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Closterium rectimarginatum Closterium rectimarginatum
Cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640
Closterium rectimarginatum Closterium rectimarginatum

Images of collecting locality: Wetland II, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, September 9, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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