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 50-75 μm long, 18 μm diam.,
x 400, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
Oedogonium ??, x 400, x 640, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Oedogonium ?, x 200, x 400, x 640, by Y. Tsukii
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