Family: Filamentous algae without branching; cell body cylindrical; chloroplasts band-, plate- or star-shaped (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Genus: Filamentous algae without branching; a single plate-like chloroplast in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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Cell body 12-20 μm in diam.
Mougeotia sp. x 19 μm Lake Shirakaba Tateshina & Chino Nagano, 2005	Mougeotia sp. 60 x 19 μm Satsunai river Obihiro Hokkaido, 2005	Mougeotia sp. 85 x 19 μm Gunma-no-suigo Itakura Gunma, 2006	Mougeotia sp. x 18 μm Hasuda Saitama, 2002
Mougeotia sp. 113 x 15 μm Kaga Ishikawa, 2000	Mougeotia sp. 100 x 15 μm Kiyasse-Hanyu Hanyu Saitama, 2006	Mougeotia sp. 74-85 x 15 μm Kama-ike Azuma mountain Fukushima, 2006
Mougeotia sp. 170 x 14 μm Biwanokage A. P. Tajima Fukushima, 2004	Mougeotia sp. x 14 μm Ikenokochi marsh Tsuruga Fukui, 2004	Mougeotia sp. 63 x 14 μm USA, 1999
Mougeotia sp. or Mougeotiopsis ? 137 x 14 μm Shibu-ike Shiga highland Nagano, 2005	Mougeotia sp. or Mougeotiopsis ? 137 x 14 μm Ushidome-ike Norikura highland Nagano, 2005	Mougeotia sp. or Mougeotiopsis ? 200 x 13 μm Tanohara Natural p. Ontake highland Nagano, 2005	Mougeotia sp. or Mougeotiopsis ? 235 x 12.5 μm Yumi-ike Shirane mountain Gunma, 2005
Mougeotia sp. 186 x 13 μm Kenashitai Hakkoda mountain Aomori, 2005	Mougeotia sp. 29-35 x 12.5 μm Sukawa highland Kurikoma mountain Iwate, 2005	Mougeotia sp. 208 x 13 μm Iroha-numa Zao mountain Yamagata, 2006	Mougeotia sp. 48 x 13 μm Yoshi-numa Nasu-shiobara Tochigi, 2006
Mougeotia ?? 360 x 15 μm Kashibaru m.5 Karatsu Saga, 2006	Mougeotia sp. 38-62 x 13 μm Goshiki-numa Hachimantai Iwate, 2006

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