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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria princeps
Vaucher var. princeps

Oscillatoria princeps Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) lacks heterocysts; with equal diameter throughout whole length; no hair-like structure; no branching.
Genus: Trichome without mucous sheath; straight, long, consisting of numerous cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Species: Cells 16-60 μm (usually 40-50 μm) in diam., 3.5-7 μm long (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 4, 1985).


Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher var. princeps, cell body 4 μm long, 31 μm wide, L/W=0.1, x 640, Futayo-no-ike (pond) near Haguro mountain, Haguro town, Yamagata Pref., Japan, July 10, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Oscillatoria princeps Oscillatoria princeps


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