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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

 Mougeotia parvula
Hassall

Mougeotia Genus: Filamentous algae without branching; a single plate-like chloroplast in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body 30-140 μm long, 8-13 μm wide; 4-8 pyrenoids in each cell; zygotes spherical, 13-25 μm diam. (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Mougeotia parvula Hassall ?, cell body 89 μm long, 11.5 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Tane-ike (pond), Togakushi highland, Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 21, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Mougeotia Mougeotia

Images of collecting locality: Tane-ike (pond), Togakushi highland, Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 21, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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