Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) tapered from base to tail
Genus:
Genus: Heterocysts absent; one trichome within a sheath; coenobium absent
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Homoeothrix sp.,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 2001 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Homoeothrix: Heterocysts absent
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).