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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

Mougeotia sp.

Mougeotia Genus: Filamentous algae without branching; a single plate-like chloroplast in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Mougeotia sp. (M. scalaris or similar species ?), cell body always curved, 100-130 μm long, 22 μm wide, x 640, near Imori pond, Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, November 7, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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Cell body curved, μm long, μm wide, x 640
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* Mougeotia scalaris (Dillwyn) Agardh: vegetative cells 40-180 μm long, 20-34 μm diam., 4-10 pyrenoids (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Mougeotia lamellosa Jao: vegetative cells 60-185 μm long, 19-30 μm diam., 4-9 pyrenoids, many granules on the middle membrane of cysts (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Mougeotia genuflexa (Dillwyn) Agardh: vegetative cells 50-225 μm long, 25-38 μm diam., many pyrenoids (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Mougeotia robusta (De Bary) Wittrock: vegetative cells 64-226 μm long, 24-32 μm diam., 10-20 pyrenoids (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Mougeotia globulispora Jao: vegetative cells 95-290 μm long, 26-32 μm diam., 6-12 pyrenoids (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


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