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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Characiaceae)

Characium sp.

Characium Genus: Unicellular; cell body ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped, attached on a substrate at one end; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Similar genus --> > Colacium; Characiopsis; Characiochloris; Hydiranum;


Characium sp., cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Zenko-ji (temple), Nagano city, Nagano Pref., Japan, September 2003, by Y. Tsukii
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