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Chlorophyceae: Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae

 Oedogonium sp.

Oedogonium 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:
Similar Genus ->> Oedocladium

Oedogonium sp., vegetative cells μm long, 49 μm diam., x 100, x 200, Mishima, Shizuoka Pref., Japan, April 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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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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