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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, cell body 40-60 μm long, 14 μm wide, x 640, rice field, near Waku-waku dome, Hamasaki, Asaka city, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 30, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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