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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria splendida
[Greville 1824] Gomont 1892 (John et al. ed. 2002)

Genus: A single trichome within a rigid sheath; sheath clear or yellowish; filaments planktonic or agglutinated (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body 4-5 μm long, 2 μm wide, L/W=2-2.5 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Oscillatoria
O. splendida
v. splendida ?
4-8 x 2.5 μm
L/W=1.6-3.2
Watarase Wetland
Fujioka
Tochigi, 2005
Oscillatoria
O. splendida
v. truncata
3-8 x 2.5-3 μm
L/W=1.2-2.7
near Yamaguchi Univ.
Yamaguchi, 2004
Oscillatoria
O. splendida
v. truncata
5.5 x 2.5 μm
Futayo-no-ike
Haguro
Yamagata, 2006
Oscillatoria
O. splendida
v. truncata
6 x 2.5 μm
Ohnuma
Nasu-shiobara
Tochigi, 2006
Similar species -->> O. acutissima;

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Oscillatoria splendida
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