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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Ankistrodesmus densus
Korschikoff

Ankistrodesmus densus Genus: Colonies of 4-32 cells; cell body long crescent or spindle in shape, tapered at both ends; cells attached with each other at the center of the body, paralleled or radially arranged; no gelatinous sheath; a chloroplast; no pyrenoids; planktonic (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
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Ankistrodesmus densus Korschikoff, cell body 56 μm long, 3.5 μm wide, x 640, Mizumoto Park, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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