# The freshwater alga Spirogyra

- By: Wiedehopf20
- Date: 2015-09-17
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_freshwater_alga_Spirogyra.jpg)
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The chloroplasts from Spirogyra are twisted spirally around the cell. The genus Spirogyra has more than 200 species.