Closterium

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Closterium

Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Charophyta
Class:	Zygnemophyceae
Order:	Desmidiales
Family:	Closteriaceae
Genus:	Closterium

Species / Subspecies

C. acerosum
C. calosporum
subspecies C. calosporum var. himalayense
C. cornu
C. ehrenbergii
C. gracile
C. incurvum
C. littorale
C. lunula
C. moniliferum
C. navicula
C. peracerosum
C. peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex
C. pleurodermatum
C. pusillum
C. selenastrum
C. spinosporum
C. tumidum
C. venus
C. wallichii

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Closterium

In taxonomy, Closterium is a genus of algae, specifically of the Closteriaceae.^[1]

1 References
2 Morphology
3 Reproduction
4 External links
- 4.1 Scientific references
- 4.2 Scientific databases

[edit] References

^ See the NCBI webpage on Closterium. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.

[edit] Morphology

Elongated cylindrical, often lunate unicells comprising of two symmetrical semicells. Single, axial chloroplasts with many pyrenoids in each semicell. Very conspicuous vacules at the ends of the cell with CaSO₄ (Gypsum) crystals "dancing" around within them.