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Algae
Chlorophyta
Mougeotia spp.

Mougeotia spp.

Class Chlorophyceae - Order Zygnematales - Family Zygnemataceae

Profile: unattached filaments forming cottony masses, occassional found attached to submerged stems.

Shallow water - M. elagantula, M. laevis (Debarya laevis), M. virescens

Lake margins - M. abnormis (M notabilis), M. quadrangulata

Beach pools - M. capucina

Shaded lagoons - M. genuflexa

Littoral - M. punctata, M. scalaris, M. varians, M. viridis

Various - M. americana, M. calcarea, M. calcarea v. bicalyptra, M. cyanea, M. floridana, M. genuflexa v. gracilis, M. gracilima, M. hirnii, M. laetevirens, M. maltae, M. micropora, M. nummuloides, M. parvula, M. pulchella, M. retrocurva, M. reinschii, M. robusta, M. robusta v. biornata, M. sphaerocarpa, M. tumidula, M. ventricosa

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