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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

 Mougeotia scalaris
Hassall 1842
Mougeotia Genus: Filamentous algae without branching; a single plate-like chloroplast in each cell (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: vegetative cells 40-180 μm long, 20-34 μm diam., 4-10 pyrenoids (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Mougeotia scalaris ?, cell body 120 μm long, 28 μm wide, L/W=4.3, gelatinous sheath 4 μm in thickness, x 200, x 400, x 640, Obihiro-Hasshonochi (the birthplace of Obihiro) park, Obihiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 13, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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