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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Characiaceae)

 Characium sp.

Characiopsis 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 38 μm long, 13 μm wide, L/W=2.9, x 640, Urawa Minkaen Museum, Midori-ku, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Characium

Images of collecting locality: Urawa Minkaen Museum, Midori-ku, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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