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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Dictyosphaeriaceae
(formerly Xanthophyceae: Mischococcales: Chlorobotrydaceae)

Botryococcus braunii
Kützing

Botryococcus Genus: Cells aggregate irregular in shape; cells connected by thin filaments; cell body ovoid, 6-10 μm long, 3-6 μm width; a chloroplast plate-like (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:

Botryococcus braunii Kützing, colony about 62 μm wide, x 640, Midori-no-ike (pond), Togakushi Forest Botanical Garden, Togakushi highland, Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 12, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Botryococcus braunii Botryococcus braunii

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