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Gamophyceae: Desmidales: Desmidaceae or Peniaceae
(Charophyceae: Zygnematales: Desmidaceae)

Penium spirostriolatum
Barker

Penium spirostriolatum Species: Cell body cylindrical, large in size, slightly constricted at the center, bands present, 77-325 μm long, 15-30 μm wide, L/W=5-10; cell wall brownish, striated (striae slighlty slanted) (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Penium spirostriolatum Barker var. spirostriolatum, cell body 222 μm long, 26 μm wide, L/W=8.5, x 400, x 640, No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Penium spirostriolatum Penium spirostriolatum Penium spirostriolatum Penium spirostriolatum

Images of collecting locality: No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii

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