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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Ankistrodesmus densus
Korschikoff

Ankistrodesmus 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).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Monoraphidium; Selenastrum;


Ankistrodesmus densus Korschikoff, cell body 55 μm long, 2 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Sansaku-ike (a pond for walking), Mizumoto Park, Tokyo, Japan, October 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Ankistrodesmus densus Ankistrodesmus densus

Images of collecting locality: Sansaku-ike (a pond for walking), Mizumoto Park, Katshika-ku, Tokyo, Japan, October 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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