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Ulvophyceae: Ulotrichales: Ulotrichaceae

 Gloeotilopsis sp.
Iyengar & Philipose

Gloeotilopsis Genus: Without gelatinous sheath; without branching; filaments consist of many cells; planktonic; cell body cylindrical, apex of terminal cells rounded; septum slightly constricted; a parietal chloroplast plate-like with one or two pyrenoids (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:

Gloeotilopsis sp., cell body 16-20 μm long, 7.5-9.0 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Mida-ga-hara (bog/marsh), Gassan (mountain), Tsuruoka city (formerly Haguro town) & Shonai town (formerly Tachikawa town), Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Gloeotilopsis Gloeotilopsis
Cell body 16-23 μm long, 7-8 μm wide, L/W=, x 640
Gloeotilopsis

Images of collecting locality: No. 2, Mida-ga-hara (bog/marsh), Gassan (mountain), Tsuruoka city (formerly Haguro town) & Shonai town (formerly Tachikawa town), Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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