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Pleurotaenium, one of many desmids - most of which have the appearance of mirror imaged cells joined together, but typically with only one nucleus. With cellulose cell wall, bright green chloroplasts. Phase contrast micrograph.
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- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida
- Streptophyta (streptophytes)
- Zygnemophyceae (zygnemophyceaen algae)
- Zygnematophycidae
- Desmidiales
- Desmidiaceae
- Pleurotaenium
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