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Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Dangeard, 1888

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Species: Cell body ellipsoidal or nearly spherical, 10-22 μm long, 8-22 μm wide; papilla absent; flagella 1.5-2 times longer than body length; chloroplast cup-shaped; a pyrenoid located at posterior half of the cell; stigma around equator, circular or elliptical in shape; nucleus anterior; sexual reproduction by isogamy; zygote surface smooth, colored red (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).


Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Dangeard, cell body 17-20 μm long, 12-17 μm wide, ellipsoidal pyrenoid located at posterior half of the cell, nucleus anterior, stigma at equator, x 640, river bank of Arakawa, near Doman-green Park, Nishi-Urawa, Saitama Pref., Japan, November 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Chlamydomonas sp., cell body 18 μm long, 15 μm wide, flagella 27 μm long, pyrenoid located at posterior half of the cell, nucleus anterior, x 640, river bank of Arakawa, near Doman-green Park, Nishi-Urawa, Saitama Pref., Japan, November 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas


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