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Chlorophyceae: Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae

Oedogonium sp.

Oedogonium Order & Family: Filamentous algae; cell division occurs near septum and adds "apical cap" (folded structure near the septum) ; cell body cylindrical, laterally straight or wavy or swell at one end of the cell body ("capitellate") in some species; chloroplasts reticulated with many pyrenoids; asexual reproduction by zoospore; sexual reproduction by fertilization by egg and sperm; monoecious or dioecious.
Genus: linear filament without branching (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Species:
Similar Genus ->> Oedocladium


Oedogonium sp. ??, vegetative cells 48-63 μm long, 48 μm diam., x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
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Oedogonium martinicense Hirn: Monoecious, macrandrous, cell body 33-37 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Oedogonium geniculatum Hirn: Monoecious, macrandrous, cell body 37-48 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Oedogonium kurzii Zeller: Monoecious, macrandrous, cell body 40-52 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Oedogonium diversum (Hirn) Tiffany: Diecious, macrandrous, cell body 33-46 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Oedogonium capillare (Linnaeus) Kützing: Diecious, macrandrous, cell body 40-52 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Oedogonium amplum Magnus et Wille: Diecious, macrandrous, cell body 42-54 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


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