zygnema; freshwater filamentous green algae (genus Zygnema)
A genus of filamentous green algae found in freshwater. The term is a biological taxon name, typically written in katakana.
I found a colony of Zygnema in the pond.
Zygnema is a type of alga widely distributed in freshwater environments.
Standard katakana spelling for this biological term.
Ateji kanji spelling; almost never used in practice. Included for reference only.
The name combines 星 with ミドロ, a traditional name for filamentous freshwater algae. 星 refers to the conspicuous star-shaped chloroplasts characteristic of this genus.