Family: Filamentous algae with or without branching; cell body large, cylindrical, multinucleated; chloroplasts reticulated; sexual reproduction by isogamy.
Genus: Branching; terminal cells never form rhizoid; attached substrates by a single cell; no akinete (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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C. crispata x 13-30 μm Japan, 1998	C. crispata x 21-25 μm Saitama, 1999	C. crispata x 25-40 μm Mishima Shizuoka, 2001	C. crispata x μm Yamagata, 1999
C. crispata x 15-40 μm Nishi-Urawa Saitama, 2001	C. crispata μm Zenko-ji Nagano, 2003	C. crispata 220-480 x 34-46 μm Hazama marsh Ashikaga Tochigi, 2006	C. crispata 500 x 30-45 μm Fujimi-hotaru s.p. Okegawa Saitama, 2006
Cladophora sp. μm Minuma Natural P. Saitama, 2002	Cladophora sp. μm near Torimiyama p. Kagami-ishi Fukushima, 2003

Similar genus --> Chaetophora

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