Chlorophyceae:
Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae
Oedogonium sp.
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:
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Oedogonium,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Kenmin-kenko-fukushi-mura Park, Koshigaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cell body 23-26 μm long, 11-15 μm wide, L/W=1.5-2.2, x 400, x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Kenmin-kenko-fukushi-mura Park, Koshigaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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