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

 Chlamydomonas capensis
Pocock 1962

Chlamydomonas Species: Cell body elongated ellipsoidal or cylindrical, 22-41 μm long, 15-27 μm wide; papilla absent; chloroplast with many pyrenoids; stigma large, elliptical in shape, located near equatorial line (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).
Similar species -->> C. pyrenoidosa; C. striata; C. pseudogigantea; cienkowskii; C. schzochlora; C. rubrifilum; C. breviciliata;

Chlamydomonas capensis Pocock, cell body ellipsoidal or cylindrical, papilae absent or invisible, cell body 30 μm long, 17 μm wide, each cell has two flagella with equal length, a chloroplast contains many pyrenoids, small papilla present?, two contractile vacuoles at the base of flagella, x 640, Yakusho-ji-ike Park, Kosugi town, Toyama Pref., Japan, September 2002, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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