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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, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No.6, Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, November 15, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Botryococcus braunii Botryococcus braunii Botryococcus braunii

Images of collecting locality: No.6, Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, November 15, 2008, by Y. Tsukii


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