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Chlorophyta: Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae

Haematococcus lacustris
(Girod) Rostafiniski, 1871
Syn: H. pluvialis Flotow, 1844

Genus: Unicellular, within a large spherical sheath; two equal-length flagella emerging from anterior end; cell body spherical or ellipsoidal, connected with gelatinous sheath by fine filaments; a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with several pyrenoids (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
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Haematococcus lacustris, tape No. 0044, time code 0000, cell body 18 μm long, 14 μm wide, flagella 29 μm long, test 27 μm long, 23 μm wide, 2 equal-length flagella, a large chlroplast, anterior papilla, Japan, September 5, 1999, courtesy of N. Kinoshita, by Y. Tsukii


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