Pleurotaenium species resemble Closterium but the crystals are absent and they often have parts of the cell that are thickened.
In this zygote one part of the cell became short and spherical.
Pleurotaenium Zygote
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Pleurotaenium species resemble Closterium but the crystals are absent and they often have parts of the cell that are thickened. In this zygote one part of the cell became short and spherical.
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