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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Characiaceae)

Characium ambiguum
Hermann

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 --> > Characiopsis; Colacium; Characiochloris; Hydiranum;


Characium ambiguum Hermann, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a small pond along Prefectural road route 272 (Tsukiyono-Sarugakyo-Onsen-sen), Haba, Minakami town, Gunma Pref., Japan, October 21, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Characium ambiguum Characium ambiguum Characium ambiguum

Images of collecting locality: a small pond along Prefectural road route 272 (Tsukiyono-Sarugakyo-Onsen-sen), Haba, Minakami town, Gunma Pref., Japan, October 21, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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