Genus:
Filamentous algae without branching; a single plate-like chloroplast in each cell
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
vegetative cells 40-180 μm long,
20-34 μm diam.,
4-10 pyrenoids (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Mougeotia scalaris Hassall,
cell body 145 μm long, 29 μm wide, L/W=,
x 200, x 400, x 640, Daini-koen (park), Tochigi city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, January 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii 31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Daini-koen (park), Tochigi city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, January 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii