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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: Irregular aggregates of cells, planktonic; cells connected with fine filamentous processes; cell body ovoid in shape, 6-10 μm long, 3-6 μm in diam.; a single chloroplast plate-like (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Botryococcus braunii Kützing, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cells are flattened with cover glass, x 400, x 640
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Cells are covered with gelatinous materials, x 400, x 640
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