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: |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Isa-numa (Isa pond), Kawagoe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 23, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
