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 sp. ??,
vegetative cells 48-63 μm long, 48 μm diam.,
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
Oedogonium martinicense Hirn:
Monoecious, macrandrous, cell body 33-37 μm wide
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Oedogonium geniculatum Hirn:
Monoecious, macrandrous, cell body 37-48 μm wide
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Oedogonium kurzii Zeller:
Monoecious, macrandrous, cell body 40-52 μm wide
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Oedogonium diversum (Hirn) Tiffany:
Diecious, macrandrous, cell body 33-46 μm wide
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Oedogonium capillare (Linnaeus) Kützing:
Diecious, macrandrous, cell body 40-52 μm wide
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Oedogonium amplum Magnus et Wille:
Diecious, macrandrous, cell body 42-54 μm wide
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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