Spirogyra

Spirogyra (common names include water silk, mermaid's tresses, and blanket
Spirogyra
weed) is a genus of filamentous chlorophyte green algae of the order
Zygnematales, named for the helical or spiral arrangement of the chloroplasts that
is diagnostic of the genus. It is commonly found in freshwater areas, and there are
more than 400 species of Spirogyra in the world.[3] Spirogyra measures
approximately 10 to 100 m in width and may grow to several centimeters in
length. It is also a microorganism.

Contents Spirogyra with its characteristic

1 General characteristics
helically arranged chloroplasts.

2 Reproduction Scientific classification

3 Species Kingdom: Plantae
4 In popular culture
Division: Thallophyta
5 Gallery
6 References Class: Zygnematophyceae
Order: Zygnematales
Family: Zygnemataceae
General characteristics
Genus: Spirogyra
Spirogyra is very common in relatively clean eutrophic water, developing slimy Link in C. G. Nees , 1820
filamentous green masses. In spring Spirogyra grows under water, but when there
is enough sunlight and warmth they produce large amounts of oxygen, adhering as Type species
bubbles between the tangled filaments. The filamentous masses come to the Spirogyra porticalis
surface and become visible as slimy green mats. Mougeotia and Zygnema are (O.F.Mller) Dumortier
often found tangled together.
Species

Reproduction Over 400; see text.

Spirogyra can reproduce both sexually and asexually. In vegetative reproduction,

Synonyms
fragmentation takes place, andSpirogyra simply undergoes the intercalary mitosis
to form new filaments. Conjugata Vaucher, 1803[1]

Sexual Reproduction is of two types: Jugalis Schrank, 1814[2]

1. Scalariform conjugation requires association of two dif

ferent filaments lined side by side either partially or throughout
their length. One cell each from opposite lined filaments emits tubular protuberances known as conjugation tubes,
which elongate and fuse, to make a passage called the conjugation canal. The cytoplasm of the cell acting as the
male travels through this tube and fuses with the female cytoplasm, and the gametes fuse to form a zygospore.
2. In lateral conjugation, gametes are formed in a single filament. wo
T adjoining cells near the common transverse wall
give out protuberances known as conjugation tubes, which further form the conjugation canal upon contact. The
male cytoplasm migrates through the conjugation canal, fusing with the female. The rest of the process proceeds as
in scalariform conjugation.
The essential difference is that scalariform conjugation occurs between two filaments and lateral conjugation occurs between two
adjacent cells on the same filament.
Species
The following species are currently accepted:[4]

Spirogyra abbreviata Zheng

Spirogyra acanthophora(Skuja) Czurda
Spirogyra acumbentis Vodenicarov
Spirogyra adjerensis Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra adnata (Vaucher) Ktzing
The freshwater alga Spirogyra
Spirogyra adornata Ling
Spirogyra aequinoctialisG.S.West
Spirogyra affinis (Hassall) Petit
Spirogyra africana (F.E.Fritsch) Czurda
Spirogyra ahmedabadensisKamat
Spirogyra alpina Ktzing
Spirogyra alternata Ktzing
Spirogyra amplectens Skuja
Spirogyra ampliata L.Liu
Spirogyra anchora Skuja
Spirogyra angolensis Welwitsch
Spirogyra angulata Nipkow
Spirogyra anomala Bhashyakarla Rao
Spirogyra anzygoaporaSingh
Spirogyra aphanosculptaSkuja
Spirogyra aplanosporaRandhawa
Spirogyra arcta (C.Agardh) Endlichter
Spirogyra arcuata Liu
Spirogyra areolata Lagerheim
Spirogyra arizonensis Rickert & Hoshaw
Spirogyra arthuri Woodhead & Tweed
Spirogyra articulata Transeau
Spirogyra asiatica Czurda
Spirogyra atasiana Czurda
Spirogyra atrobrunneaGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra aubvillei Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra australica Czurda
Spirogyra australiensisK.Mbius
Spirogyra austriaca Czurda
Spirogyra azygosporaSingh
Spirogyra baileyi Schmidle
Spirogyra batekiana Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra bellis (Hassall) P.Crouan & H.Crouan
Spirogyra bicalyptrata Czurda
Spirogyra bichromatophora(Randhawa) Transeau
Spirogyra biformis C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra biharensis A.M.Verma & B.Kumari
Spirogyra bii Kadlubowska
Spirogyra bireticulata Liu
Spirogyra borealis Zheng & Ling
Spirogyra borgeana Transeau
Spirogyra borgei Kadlubowska
Spirogyra borkuense Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra borysthenicaKasanowsky & Smirnoff [Smirnov]
Spirogyra bourrellyanaGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra braziliensis (Nordstedt) Transeau
Spirogyra britannica Godward
Spirogyra brunnea Czurda
Spirogyra buchetii Petit
Spirogyra bullata C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra calcarea Transeau
Spirogyra calchaquiesiaeB.Tracanna
Spirogyra californica Stancheva, J.D.Hall, McCourt & Sheath
Spirogyra calospora Cleve
Spirogyra canaliculataSegar
Spirogyra cardinia S.H.Lewis
Spirogyra caroliniana G.E.Dillard
Spirogyra castanacea G.C.Couch
Spirogyra cataeniformis(Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra catenaeformis(Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra cavata Vodenicarov
Spirogyra chakiaensis(Bhashyakarla Rao) Kreiger
Spirogyra chandigarhensis
Spirogyra chekiangensisC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra chenii C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra chungkingensisC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra chuniae C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra circumlineataTranseau
Spirogyra clavata Segar
Spirogyra cleveana Transeau
Spirogyra colligata Hodgetts
Spirogyra columbiana Czurda
Spirogyra communis (Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra condensata(Vaucher) Dumortier
Spirogyra congolensisGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra conspicua Gay
Spirogyra convoluta
Spirogyra corrugata Woodhead & Tweed
Spirogyra costata Kadlubowska
Spirogyra costulata Kadlubowska
Spirogyra coumbiana Czurda
Spirogyra crassa (Ktzing) Ktzing
Spirogyra crassispina C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra crassiuscula(Wittrock & Nordstedt) Transeau
Spirogyra crassivallicularisC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra crassoidea (Transeau) Transeau
Spirogyra crenulata Singh
Spirogyra croasdaleaeBlum
Spirogyra cyanosporum
Spirogyra cylindrica Czurda
Spirogyra cylindrosperma(West & G.S.West) Krieger
Spirogyra cylindrosporaWest & G.S.West
Spirogyra czubinskii Kadlubowska
Spirogyra czurdae Misra
Spirogyra czurdiana Kadlubowska
Spirogyra dacimina (O.F.Mller) Ktzing
Spirogyra daedalea Lagerheim
Spirogyra daedaleoidesCzurda
Spirogyra danica Kadlubowska
Spirogyra decimina (O.F.Mller) Dumortier
Spirogyra densa Ktzing
Spirogyra denticulata Transeau
Spirogyra dentireticulataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra desikacharyensisRattan
Spirogyra dialyderma Ling & Zheng
Spirogyra dicephala C.-C.Jao & H.Z.Zhu
Spirogyra dictyospora C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra diluta H.C.Wood
Spirogyra dimorpha Geitler
Spirogyra discoidea Transeau
Spirogyra distenta Transeau
Spirogyra diversizygotica(V.I.Polyanskij) L.A.Rundina
Spirogyra djalonensis Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra djiliense Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra dodgeana
Spirogyra drilonensis Petkoff
Spirogyra dubia Ktzing
Spirogyra echinata Tiffany
Spirogyra echinosporaBlum
Spirogyra eillipsosporaTranseau
Spirogyra elegans Wollny
Spirogyra elegantissimaY.J.Ling & Y.M.Zheng
Spirogyra ellipsosporaTranseau
Spirogyra elliptica C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra elongata (H.C.Wood) H.C.Wood
Spirogyra elongata (Vaucher) Dumortier
Spirogyra emilianensisBonhomme
Spirogyra endogranulataO.Bock & W.Bock
Spirogyra exilis West & G.S.West
Spirogyra fallax (Hansgirg) Wille
Spirogyra fassula Zheng
Spirogyra favosa Y.-X.Wei & Y.-K.Yung
Spirogyra fennica Cedercreutz
Spirogyra ferruginea H.W.Liang
Spirogyra flavescens (Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra flavicans Ktzing
Spirogyra fluviatilis Hilse
Spirogyra formosa (Transeau) Czurda
Spirogyra fossa C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra fossulata C.-C.Jao & Hu
Spirogyra foveolata (Transeau) Czurda
Spirogyra franconica O.Bock & W.Bock
Spirogyra frankliniana Tiffany
Spirogyra frigida F.Gay
Spirogyra fritschiana Czurda
Spirogyra fukienica Wei
Spirogyra fuzhouensisH.-J.Hu
Spirogyra gallica Petit
Spirogyra gaterslebensisReith
Spirogyra gauthier-lievrae Kadlubowska
Spirogyra gauthieri Gayral
Spirogyra gharbensis Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra ghosei Singh
Spirogyra gibberosa C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra glabra Czurda
Spirogyra globulisporaGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra gobonensis Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra goetzei Schmidle
Spirogyra gracilis Ktzing
Spirogyra granulata C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra gratiana Transeau
Spirogyra groenlandicaRosenvinge
Spirogyra guangchowensisZhu & Zhong
Spirogyra guineense Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra gujaratensisKamat
Spirogyra gurdaspurensisRattan
Spirogyra haimenensisC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra hartigii (Ktzing) De Toni
Spirogyra hassalii (Jenner) Petit
Spirogyra hassallii (Jenner ex Hassall) P.Crouan & H.Crouan
Spirogyra hatillensis Transeau
Spirogyra heeriana Ngeli ex Ktzing
Spirogyra henanensis (L.J.Bi) L.J.Bi
Spirogyra herbipolensisO.Bock & W.Bock
Spirogyra heterosporaLiu
Spirogyra hoehnei O.Borge
Spirogyra hoggarica (Gauthier-Livre) Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra hollandiae Taft
Spirogyra hopeiensis C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra hunanensis C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra hungarica Langer
Spirogyra hyalina Cleve
Spirogyra hymerae Britton & B.H.Smith
Spirogyra inconstans Collins
Spirogyra incrassata Czurda
Spirogyra indica Krieger
Spirogyra inflata (Vaucher) Dumortier
Spirogyra insignis (Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra insueta Zhu & Zhong
Spirogyra intermedia Rabenhorst
Spirogyra intorta C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra ionia Wade
Spirogyra irregularis Ngeli ex Ktzing
Spirogyra ivorensis Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra iyengarii Kadlubowska
Spirogyra jaoensis Randhawa
Spirogyra jaoi S.H.Ley
Spirogyra jassiensis (Teodoresco) Czurda
Spirogyra jatobae Transeau
Spirogyra jogensis Iyengar
Spirogyra jugalis (Dillwyn) Ktzing
Spirogyra juliana Stancheva, J.D.Hall, McCourt & Sheath
Spirogyra kaffirita Transeau
Spirogyra kamatii Kamat
Spirogyra karnalae Randhawa
Spirogyra kolae Hajdu
Spirogyra koreana J.-H.Kim, Y.H.Kim, & I.K.Lee
Spirogyra krubergii V.J.Poljanski
Spirogyra kundaensis Singh
Spirogyra kuusamoensisHirn
Spirogyra labbei Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra labyrinthica Transeau
Spirogyra lacustris Czurda
Spirogyra lagerheimii Wittrock
Spirogyra laka Ktzing
Spirogyra lallandiae Taft
Spirogyra lambertianaTranseau
Spirogyra lamellata (Bhashyakarla Rao) Krieger
Spirogyra lamellosa C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra lapponica Lagerheim
Spirogyra latireticulataZheng & Ling
Spirogyra latviensis Czurda
Spirogyra laxa Ktzing
Spirogyra laxistrata C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra lenticularis Transeau
Spirogyra lentiformis L.J.Bi
Spirogyra lians Transeau
Spirogyra libyca Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra lismorensis Playfair
Spirogyra lodziensis Kadlubowska
Spirogyra longifissa Wei
Spirogyra lubrica Ktzing
Spirogyra lucknowensis(Prasad & Dutta) Kadlubowska
Spirogyra lushanensisL.C.Li
Spirogyra luteospora Czurda
Spirogyra lutetiana Petit
Spirogyra lymerae Britton & Smith
Spirogyra macrospora(C.B.Rao) Krieger
Spirogyra maghrebianaGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra major Ktzing
Spirogyra majuscula Ktzing
Spirogyra malmeana Hirn
Spirogyra manormae Randhawa
Spirogyra maravillosa Transeau
Spirogyra marchica H.Krieger
Spirogyra margalefii Aboal & Llimona
Spirogyra margaritata Wollny
Spirogyra marocana Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra maxima (Hassall) Wittrock
Spirogyra megaspora Transeau
Spirogyra meinningensis
Spirogyra meridionalisW.J.Zhu & Zhong
Spirogyra miamiana Taft
Spirogyra microdictyonC.-C.Jao & Hu
Spirogyra microgranulataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra micropunctataTranseau
Spirogyra microspora C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra mienningensisL.-C.Li
Spirogyra minor (Schmidle) Transeau
Spirogyra minuticrassoideaYamagishi
Spirogyra minutifossa C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra mirabilis (Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra miranda Kadlubowska
Spirogyra mirifica Zheng & Ling
Spirogyra mithalaensisA.M.Verma & B.Kumari
Spirogyra moebii Transeau
Spirogyra monodiana Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra montserrati Margalef
Spirogyra multiconjugataN.C.Ferrer & E.J.Cceres
Spirogyra multiformis Kadlubowska
Spirogyra multistrata Zheng & Ling
Spirogyra multitrata Zheng & Ling
Spirogyra mutabilis C.-C.Jao & H.J.Hu
Spirogyra narcissiana Transeau
Spirogyra natchita Transeau
Spirogyra nawaschiniiKasanowsky
Spirogyra neglecta (Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra neorhizobranchialisC.-C.Jao & Zheng
Spirogyra nitida (O.F.Mller) Leiblein
Spirogyra nodifera O.Bock & W.Bock
Spirogyra notabilis Taft
Spirogyra nova-angliaeTranseau
Spirogyra novae-angliaeTranseau
Spirogyra nyctigama Taft
Spirogyra oblata C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra oblonga Liu
Spirogyra obovata C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra occidentalis(Transeau) Czurda
Spirogyra oligocarpa C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra olivascens Rabenhorst
Spirogyra ollicola C.-C.Jao & Zhong
Spirogyra oltmannsii Huber-Pestalozzi
Spirogyra orientalis West & G.S.West
Spirogyra orthospira Ngeli
Spirogyra ouarsenica Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra oudhensis Randhawa
Spirogyra ovigera Montagne
Spirogyra pachydermaGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra palghatensisErady
Spirogyra paludosa Czurda
Spirogyra papulata C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra paradoxa Bhashyakarla Rao
Spirogyra paraguayensisO.Borge
Spirogyra parva (Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra parvispora H.C.Wood
Spirogyra parvula (Transeau) Czurda
Spirogyra pascherianaCzurda
Spirogyra patliputri A.M.Verma & B.Kumari
Spirogyra peipeingensisC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra pellucida (Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra perforans Transeau
Spirogyra plena (West & G.S.West) Czurda
Spirogyra poljanskii Kadlubowska
Spirogyra polymorphaKirchner
Spirogyra polytaeniataStrasburger
Spirogyra porangabaeTranseau
Spirogyra porticalis (O.F.Mller) Dumortier- type
Spirogyra pratensis Transeau
Spirogyra princeps (Vaucher) Link ex Meyen
Spirogyra proavita Langer
Spirogyra prolifica Kamat
Spirogyra propria Transeau
Spirogyra protecta H.C.Wood
Spirogyra pseudoaedaloidesKadlubowska
Spirogyra pseudobellisW.J.Zhu & Zhong
Spirogyra pseudocorrugataGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra pseudocylindricaPrescott
Spirogyra pseudogibberosaGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra pseudogranulataS.-H.Ley
Spirogyra pseudojuergensiiH.Silva
Spirogyra pseudomaiusculaGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra pseudomajusculaGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra pseudomaximaKadlubowska
Spirogyra pseudoneglectaCzurda
Spirogyra pseudonodiferaO.Bock & W.Bock
Spirogyra pseudoplenaLiu
Spirogyra pseudopulchrataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra pseudoreticulataKreiger
Spirogyra pseudorhizopusL.J.Bi
Spirogyra pseudosahniiKadlubowska
Spirogyra pseudospreeianaC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra pseudosubreticulataRickert & Hoshaw
Spirogyra pseudotenuissimaO.Bock & W.Bock
Spirogyra pseudotetraplaKadlubowska
Spirogyra pseudotexensisBourrelly
Spirogyra pseudovariansCzurda
Spirogyra pseudovenustaLiu & Wei
Spirogyra pseudowoodiiV.J.Poljanski
Spirogyra pulchella (H.C.Wood) H.C.Wood
Spirogyra pulchra Alexenko
Spirogyra pulchrifigurataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra puncticulataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra punctulata C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra quadrata (Hassall) P.Petit
Spirogyra quadrilaminataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra quezelii Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra quilonensis Kothari
Spirogyra quinina Ktzing
Spirogyra quinquilaminataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra randhawae Krieger
Spirogyra rattanii Kadlubowska
Spirogyra rectangularisTranseau
Spirogyra rectispira Merriman
Spirogyra regularis (Cedercreutz) Krieger
Spirogyra reinhardii V.Chmielevsky
Spirogyra reticulata Nordstedt
Spirogyra reticulatum Randhawa
Spirogyra reticuliana Randhawa
Spirogyra rhizobrachialisC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra rhizobranchialisC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra rhizoides Randhawa
Spirogyra rhizopus C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra rhodopea Petkoff
Spirogyra rivularis (Hassall) Rabenhorst
Spirogyra robusta (Nygaard) Czurda
Spirogyra rugosa (Transeau) Czurda
Spirogyra rugulosa Iwanoff
Spirogyra rupestris Schmidle
Spirogyra sahnii Randhawa
Spirogyra salina Aleem
Spirogyra sanjingensisY.Wang & Z.Wang
Spirogyra sarmae M.Singh & M.Srivastava
Spirogyra schmidtii West & G.S.West
Spirogyra schweickerdtiiCholonky
Spirogyra scripta Nygaard
Spirogyra scrobiculata(Stockmayer) Czurda
Spirogyra sculpta Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra semiornata C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra senegalensisGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra setiformis (Roth) Martens ex Meneghini
Spirogyra shantungensisL.-C.Li
Spirogyra shanxiensisZheng & Ling
Spirogyra shenzaensisZheng
Spirogyra siamensis Transeau
Spirogyra siberica Skvortzov
Spirogyra silesiaca Kadlubowska
Spirogyra sinensis L.-C.Li
Spirogyra singularis Nordstedt
Spirogyra skujae Randhawa
Spirogyra skvortzowii Willi Kreiger
Spirogyra smithii Transeau
Spirogyra speciosa Liu
Spirogyra sphaerica (Misra) Willi Krieger
Spirogyra sphaerocarpaC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra sphaerosporaHirn
Spirogyra spinescens Kirjakov
Spirogyra splendida G.S West
Spirogyra spreeiana Rabenhorst
Spirogyra subaffinis F.E.Fritsch & M.F.Rich
Spirogyra subbullata Kadlubowska
Spirogyra subcolligataL.J.Bi
Spirogyra subcrassa Woronchin
Spirogyra subcrassiusculaL.J.Bi
Spirogyra subcylindrosporaC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra subechinataGodward
Spirogyra subfossulataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra subglabra Zheng & Ling
Spirogyra sublambertianaZhao
Spirogyra subluteosporaC.-C.Jao & Hu
Spirogyra submajusculaLing & Zheng
Spirogyra submargaritataGodward
Spirogyra submarina (Collins) Transeau
Spirogyra submaxima Transeau
Spirogyra subobovataChian
Spirogyra subpapulatataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra subpellucidaC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra subpolytaeniataC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra subpratensisWoronichin
Spirogyra subreflexa Liang & Wang
Spirogyra subreticulataF.E.Fritsch
Spirogyra subsalina Cedercreutz
Spirogyra subsalsa Ktzing
Spirogyra subsalso-punctatulataKadlubowska
Spirogyra subtropica Chian
Spirogyra suburbana C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra subvelata Kreiger
Spirogyra sulcata Blum
Spirogyra sundanensisGauthier-Livre
Spirogyra superba L.Liu
Spirogyra supervariansTranseau
Spirogyra szechwanensisC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra taftiana Transeau
Spirogyra taiyuanensisLing
Spirogyra tandae Randhawa
Spirogyra taylorii C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra tenuior (Transeau) Krieger
Spirogyra tenuispina Rundina
Spirogyra tenuissima (Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra teodoresci Transeau
Spirogyra ternata Ripart
Spirogyra tetrapla Transeau
Spirogyra tibetensis C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra tjibodensis Faber
Spirogyra tolosana Comre
Spirogyra torta Blum
Spirogyra trachycarpaSkuja
Spirogyra transeauianaC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra triplicata (Collins) Transeau
Spirogyra trochainii Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra tropica Ktzing
Spirogyra tsingtaoensisL.-C.Li
Spirogyra tuberculata Lagerheim
Spirogyra tuberculosaLiang & Wang
Spirogyra tucumaniaeB.Tracanna
Spirogyra tumida C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra turfosa F.Gay
Spirogyra tuwensis R.J.Patel & C.K.Asok Kumar
Spirogyra ugandense Gauthier-Livre
Spirogyra unduliseptumRandhawa
Spirogyra urbana C.-C.Jao & Zhong
Spirogyra van-zanteniiCholonky
Spirogyra variabilis C.-C.Jao & Hu
Spirogyra varians (Hassall) Ktzing
Spirogyra variaspora Rickert & Hoshaw
Spirogyra variformis Transeau
Spirogyra varshaii Prasad & Dutta
Spirogyra vasishtii Rattan
Spirogyra velata Nordstedt
Spirogyra venkataramaniiRattan
Spirogyra venosa Kadlubowska
Spirogyra venusta C.-C.Jao
Spirogyra vermiculata C.-C.Jao & H.J.Hu
Spirogyra verrucogranulataI.C A.Dias & C.E.de M.Bicudo
Spirogyra verrucosa (C.B.Rao) Krieger
Spirogyra verruculosaC.-C.Jao
Spirogyra voltaica Gauthier-Livre
 Spirogyra wangii L.C.Li
Spirogyra weberi Ktzing
Spirogyra weishuiensisLing & Zheng
Spirogyra weletischii West & G.S.West
Spirogyra welwitschii West & G.S.West
Spirogyra westii Transeau
Spirogyra willei Skuja
Spirogyra wittrockii Alexenko
Spirogyra wollnyi De Toni
Spirogyra wrightiana Transeau
Spirogyra wuchanensisC.-C.Jao & H.-J.Hu
Spirogyra wuhanensisC.-C.Jao & H.-J.Hu
Spirogyra xiaoganensisLiu
Spirogyra xinxiangensisL.J.Bi
Spirogyra yexianensisL.J.Bi
Spirogyra yuin S.Skinner & Entwisle
Spirogyra yunnanensisL.-C.Li C

In popular culture
American jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra took their name from the algae, which saxophone player Jay Beckenstein had written about in
a college biology paper.

Gallery

Spirogyra Spirogyra Single Spirogyra cell Spirogyra (Each

numbered tick = 122 M)

Spirogyra (Each Patch of Spirogyra from Spirogyra algal bloom in

numbered tick = 20 M) algal blooming in Romanian pond
Westfalian pond

References
 1. "Algaebase, entry for Conjugata" (http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=v90227c43f9c3656f).
Retrieved 20 February 2016.
2. "Algaebase, entry for Jugalis" (http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=jff3e7cee18672007).
Retrieved 20 February 2016.
3. http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan99/gyra.html
4. AlgaeBase entry for Spirogyra (http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43564)

Spirogyra at microscopy-uk.org.uk
John Whitton, B.A. and Brook, A.J. (editors) 2002.The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles.Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.ISBN 0-521-77051-3.

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