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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Rivulariaceae

 Calothrix sp.
[C. Agardh 1824] Bornet et Flahault 1886 (John et al. ed. 2002)

Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) tapered from base to tail
Genus: Heterocysts present; one trichome within a sheath; coenobium absent (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Calothrix sp. (or Homoeothrix ?), cell body 4-8 μm long, 6-8 μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640, rice field, Tennoh, Tessei-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan, November 22, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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Homoeothrix: Heterocysts absent (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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