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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Rivulariaceae

 Homoeothrix sp.

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Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) tapered from base to tail
Genus: Heterocysts present; one trichome within a sheath; coenobium absent (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Homoeothrix sp. ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Toneri Park, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, December 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Homoeothrix Homoeothrix

Homoeothrix: Heterocysts absent (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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