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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

Mougeotia scalaris
Hassall 1842
Mougeotia 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 130 μm long, 24 μm wide, L/W=5.4, x 640, No.2, standing water, Nakayukawa-sen (a forestry road along Omatazawa), Nishiwaga town, Iwate Pref., Japan, July 28, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Mougeotia Mougeotia

Images of collecting locality: No.2, standing water, Nakayukawa-sen (a forestry road along Omatazawa), Nishiwaga town, Iwate Pref., Japan, July 28, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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