Spines thick, rare in number
G. radiata ? cell 18-20 μm diam. spines 62 μm Hiroshima, 1998 Movies	G. radiata cell 13 μm diam. spines 50 μm Nanbata castle p. Fujimi Saitama, 2005	G. radiata ? cell μm diam. spines μm Showa-machi G.P. Showa Saitama, 2003
Spines thin, moderate in number; cell body covered with mucilagenous sheath
G. radiata ? cell 17 μm diam. spines 24 μm near Ayu river Fujioka Gunma, 2004	G. radiata ? cell 13 μm diam. spines 32 μm Matto Ishikawa, 2002	G. radiata ? cell 9-14 μm diam. spines 15-27 μm Tsukuba Ibaraki, 2002	G. radiata ? cell 13 μm diam. spines 27 μm Okegawa Saitama, 2002
G. radiata ? cell 12 μm diam. spines 25 μm Hasuda Saitama, 2002	G. radiata ? cell 13 μm φ hairs ~20 μm with gel coat Japan, 2000	G. radiata ? cell 11 μm φ hairs ~26 μm with gel coat Shirakawa Fukushima, 1999	G. radiata ? cell 8.5 μm φ hairs ~23 μm with gel coat Urawa Saitama, 2001
G. radiata ? cell 11 μm φ hairs 8 μm with gel coat ? Ichikawa Chiba, 2001	G. radiata ? cell 12-16 μm spines 27 μm Tsukuba Ibaraki, 2002	G. radiata ? cell μm spines μm Chiba-Minato Park Chiba, 2003	G. radiata ? cell μm spines μm Tsuchiura Ibaraki, 2003
G. radiata ? cell μm spines μm Showa-machi G.P. Showa Saitama, 2003	G. radiata ? cell μm Japan, 1998
Spines thin, long, moderate in number
G. radiata ? cell 8-16 μm spines ~30 μm spines thin Tochigi, 2001	G. radiata ? cell 15 μm spines ~30 μm Nakayado h.p. Fukaya Saitama, 2006	G. radiata ? cell μm spines μm Kashiwa v.m.p. Kashiwa Chiba, 2008	G. radiata ? cell 7-16 μm spines 27 μm Umi-no-nakamichi Fukuoka, 2001
G. radiata ? cell 13.5 μm spines 35 μm Kawashima or Kawajima Saitama, 2002
Spines thin, short, many in number
G. paucispina cell 20 μm φ hairs 24 μm Koriyama Fukushima, 2001	G. paucispina cell 23 μm φ hairs 20 μm Koshigaya Saitama, 2001	G. paucispina stock Tnk-30, axenic cell 20-25 μm hairs ~12 μm Tochigi, 2001	G. paucispina cell 15 μm hairs ~20 μm Showa-machi g.p. Showa Saitama, 2006
G. paucispina cell 14 μm hairs ~25 μm Hikariga-oka p. Nerima-ku Tokyo, 2006	G. paucispina cell μm hairs μm Water reservoir Nabekura h.l. Nagano, 2008	G. paucispina cell 20 μm φ hairs 16 μm Nishi-nasuno Tochigi, 2001	Golenkinia sp. cell μm φ O-ike park Yabuki Fukushima, 2003
Misc.
Golenkinia sp. cell 13 μm φ hairs ~11 μm Urawa Saitama, 2001	Golenkinia sp. cell 11 μm φ hairs ~16 μm Mizumoto Park Tokyo, 2001	Golenkinia sp. cell 11.5 μm φ hairs 18 μm Akigase Park Saitama, 2002	Golenkinia sp. cell 12 x 10 μm φ hairs μm Kenmin-kenko f.m.p. Koshigaya Saitama, 2006

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