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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).
Cell body laterally straight
Oedogonium
Oedogonium sp. 4
14-28 x 16 μm
Japan, 1998
Oedogonium
Oedogonium sp. 4
zoospore budding
Mizumoto park
Tokyo, 2001
Oedogonium
Oedogonium sp. 4
x 15-16 μm
Kejo-numa
Furukawa
Miyagi, 2003

Oedogonium sp. 4
16 x 12 μm
Nishi-nasuno
Tochigi, 2001
Oedogonium
Oedogonium sp. 4
35-45 x 10-15 μm
Kejo-numa
Furukawa
Miyagi, 2003
Oedogonium
Oedogonium sp. 4
27-41 x 18 μm
Miyado
Asaka
Saitama, 2004
Oedogonium
Oedogonium sp. 4
x 13-16 μm
Kabuto-yama
Nishi-no-miya
Hyogo, 2004
Oedogonium
Oedogonium sp. 4
23-38 x 16 μm
Riverside green l.
Sawara
Chiba, 2004
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Oedogonium
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