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Description:

Netrium (knee-tree-um) a simple desmid cell - a type of green alga having, like other green algae, a cellulosic cell wall and chloroplasts with chlorophyll B. Although a desmid, without the more usual mirror-image form. Central nucleus and two flat crenulated plastids. The similar Cylindrocystis differs because it has star-shaped plastids. Differential interference contrast.