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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Merismopediaceae

Merismopedia
Meyen 1839 (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 19/1, Cyanoprokaryota I, 1999; John et al. ed. 2002)
Included in the form-genus XIV. Synechocystis (Bergey's Manual, 2nd, 2001)

Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: Colonies consiting of orderly arranged cells; diameter of cells at transverse section is the same as its length (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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All cells larger than 4 μm (5-9 μm)
Merismopedia elegans
M. elegans ?
8 x 6 μm
near Tanohara marsh
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2006
Merismopedia
M. elegans ?
8 x 6 μm
Iroha-numa
Azuma mt.
Yamagata, 2007
Merismopedia
M. elegans ?
7 x 5 μm
Kareki-numa
Nikko
Tochigi, 2008
Cell body sometimes larger than 4 μm (3-6 μm)
Merismopedia glauca
M. glauca
6.5 x 5.05 μm
Hanasaki water p.
Kazo
Saitama, 2005
Merismopedia
M. glauca
5-6 x 4-4.5 μm
Japan, 1998
Merismopedia
M. glauca ?
cell 6 x 4 μm
Tanohara marsh
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2004
Merismopedia
M. glauca ?
cell 6 x 4 μm
Midagahara
Tate-yama
Toyama, 2006
Merismopedia
M. glauca ?
cell 3-6 x 4.5 μm
Oze s.k.m.
Ozegahara
Gunma, 2006
Merismopedia
M. glauca
cell μm
Okegawa
Saitama, 2002
Merismopedia glauca
M. glauca
cell μm
Numappara marsh
Kuroiso
Tochigi, 2003
Merismopedia
M. glauca ?
4.5-5 x 3-3.5 μm
Tanohara marsh
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2004
Merismopedia
M. glauca ?
6-8 x 5 μm
Tanohara Natural p.
Ontake highland
Nagano, 2005
Cell body larger than 2 μm (2.5-3.5 μm)
Merismopedia convoluta
M. convoluta
cell 4.5 x 3.5 μm
Kawaguchi Natural p.
Kawaguchi
Saitama,2005
Merismopedia convoluta
M. convoluta
cell 4.5 x 2.3 μm
Kiyose
Tokyo, 2001
Merismopedia
M. convoluta
μm
Higashi-Urawa
Saitama, 2001
Merismopedia
M. convoluta
4.5 x 3 μm
Mida-ga-hara
Gassan (mt.)
Yamagata, 2005
Merismopedia convoluta
M. convoluta
μm
Omine-numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
Merismopedia convoluta
M. convoluta
6 x 4 μm
Omoi river
Oyama
Tochigi, 2004
Merismopedia convoluta
M. convoluta
5 x 3 μm
Tanohara marsh
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2006
Merismopedia convoluta
M. convoluta
μm
Iruma river
Sayama
Saitama, 2004
Merismopedia convoluta
M. convoluta
or M. punctata ?
4.5 x 3.5 μm
Iruma river
Sayama
Saitama, 2004
Merismopedia
M. convoluta
or M. punctata ?
4 x 3 μm
Watasuge marsh
Tsugaike highland
Nagano, 2005
Merismopedia
M. convoluta
or M. punctata ?
5 x 4 μm
Kamino-tanbo
Tsugaike highland
Nagano, 2006
Merismopedia convoluta
M. convoluta
or M. punctata ?
4 x 3 μm
Imou marsh
Toyohashi
Aichi, 2006
Merismopedia
M. convoluta
or M. punctata ?
3.5 x 3.5 μm
Omotsubo marsh
Tetta-cho
Okayama, 2004
Merismopedia convoluta
M. convoluta
4-6 x 3-3.5 μm
Mida-ga-hara 5
Gassan
Yamagata, 2006
Merismopedia
M. convoluta ?
or M. punctata ?
or M. tenuissima ?
3.5 x 3.0 μm
Kodama
Saitama, 2003
Cell body smaller than 2 μm (1.3-2.0 μm)
Merismopedia
M. tenuissima
2.3 x 1.5 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Merismopedia
M. tenuissima
3-3.5 x 2.5 μm
near Imou marsh
Toyohashi
Aichi, 2004
Merismopedia tenuissima
M. tenuissima
3 x 2 μm
Iroha-numa
Zao mountain
Yamagata, 2005
Merismopedia
M. tenuissima
3 x 2 μm
Mida-ga-hara
Gassan
Yamagata, 2006
Merismopedia
M. tenuissima ?
2.5 μm
Muneoka
Shiki
Saitama, 2004
Merismopedia minima
M. minima
μm
Shakujii Park
Tokyo, 2001
Merismopedia minima
M. minima
cell 1.2 x 0.9 μm
Mizumoto Park
Tokyo, 2001
Merismopedia minima
M. minima
M. tenuissima ?
μm
Saitama, 2001
Merismopedia
M. minima
cell μm
Chiba-Minato Park
Chiba, 2003
Merismopedia minima
M. minima
cell μm
Showa-machi g. p.
Showa
Saitama, 2003
Merismopedia minima
M. minima
cell μm
Omine-numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
Merismopedia minima
M. minima
smaller var. ?
Higusa-numa
Hikari
Chiba, 2003
Merismopedia
M. minima
cell 1.5 x 1.1 μm
near Town Hall
Shobu
Saitama, 2004
Merismopedia minima
M. minima
cell x 1 μm
Nanbata castle p.
Fujimi
Saitama, 2005
Merismopedia
M. punctatum
cell μm
Shishizuka
Tsuchiura
Ibaraki, 2003
Merismopedia
Merismopedia ?
2.5-3 μm
Okubo Ryoke
Akigase park
Saitama, 2004

Merismopedia glauca
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