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This is a microscopic, unicellular alga.
Description
Closterium setaceum is a microscopic, unicellular species of desmid. It is distinguished from related species by its smaller size and lack of striae on the cell wall.
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Closterium setaceum is often a minor component of freshwater algal communities in moderate to nutrient-poor, lentic habitats (e.g., lakes, ponds, and wetlands).
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Closterium setaceum in Charles Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) johnbotany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Closterium setaceum in Calvert Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) johnbotany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| (unranked): | Charophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| Order: | Desmidiales |
| Family: | Closteriaceae |
| Genus: | Closterium |
| Species: | C. setaceum
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| Closterium setaceum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848[1]
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Closterium setaceum is a species of unicellular charophyte green algae in the family Closteriaceae. It has a worldwide distribution.
References
[edit]- ^ The British Desmidieae. Ralfs, J. (1848). page 176, pl. 30, fig. 4, London: Reeve, Benham & Reeve
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