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Chlorophyceae: Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae

Oedogonium undulatum
(Brébisson) A. Braun

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 undulatum (Brébisson) A. Braun, cell body 55-70 μm long, 12-14 μm wide, L/W=, x 200, x 400, x 640, Aka-ike (pond), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko city (formerly Myoko village), Niigata Pref., Japan, June 17, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: Aka-ike (pond), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko city (formerly Myoko village), Niigata Pref., Japan, June 17, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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