Chlorophyceae and Flagellata collected from Koyano-ike of Mt. Myoko
1966 Volume 27 Issue 4 Pages 155-161
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1966 Volume 27 Issue 4 Pages 155-161
Koyano-ike is situated on the col between Mt. Myoko and Mt. Hiuchi of the Myoko Heights in the western part of Niigata Prefecture, and it consists of several ponds in Sphagnum-bog which is about 2, 100 meters above sea level.
The writer collected some materials of algae from these bogs on August 8 in 1965.
In this paper are reported 53 forms belonging to the Chlorophyceae and Flagellata collected in these bogs. The results obtained are as follows:
1. Chlorophyceae are composed of 20 genera 43 species and varieties, of which 11 genera 32 species and varieties belong to the Desmids, and Flagellata are composed of 8 genera 10 species and varieties.
2. Among these species, Characiopsis pyriformis, Peroniella minuta and Chrysopyxis bipes are newly recorded in Japan, while Trochiscia Zachariasii, Eremosphaera viridis, Peroniella hyalothecae, Derepyxis amphora, and Lagynion Scherffelii are the species little known in Japan.
