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Chlorophyceae: Chaetophorales: Chaetophoraceae

 Cloniophora plumosa
(Kützing) Bourrelly

Cloniophora elegans Genus: Filament with branching; cell body cylindrical; a single chloroplast plate-like, slightly curved, apical cells rounded; differentiaton of axial and branching filaments conspicuous (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Similar Genus -> Chaetophora; Cladophora;

Cloniophora plumosa (Kützing) Bourrelly, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, drainage ditch near Tama river, Fuchu city, Tokyo, March 10, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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