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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

 Mougeotia rotundagulata
Jao

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 120-340 μm long, 8-12 μm diam., 8-14 pyrenoids, transparent middle membrane of cysts with pores 1-2 μm diam. (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Mougeotia rotundagulata Jao, cell body 152 μm long, 9 μm wide, 5 pyrenoids in each cell, x 400, x 640, Seseragi marsh, Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, September 26, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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Mougeotia transeaui Collins: vegetative cells 85-240 μm long, 10-14 μm diam., 4-12 pyrenoids, T-shaped cysts with yellow middle membrane (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Mougeotia rotundagulata Jao: vegetative cells 120-340 μm long, 8-12 μm diam., 8-14 pyrenoids, transparent middle membrane of cysts with pores 1-2 μm diam. (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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