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

Chlamydomonas
Ehrenberg 1833

Genus: Two flagella of equal length inserted close together into an anterior papilla of variable shape usually directed anteriorly; chloroplast form variable; usually 2 contractile vacuoles; cell division producing 2-8 zoospores; sexual reproduction usually isogamous, anisogamy and oogamy known but rare; > 500 species, mostly fresh water (Illustrated Guide, 1985). A large chloroplast; stigma; a single nucleus; two contractile vacuoles anterior (Kudo, 1966).
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Pleiochloris: Chloroplast cup-shaped; pyrenoids many; nucleus anterior
Chlamydomonas
C. deasonii
= C. pyrenoidosa
or C. cienkowskii ?
23 x 20 μm
Tsukuba
Ibaraki, 2000
Chlamydomonas deasonii
C. deasonii
= C. pyrenoidosa
21-22 x 17 μm
Shimo-muneoka
Shiki
Saitama, 2004
Chlamydomonas
C. deasonii
= C. pyrenoidosa
20 x 18 μm
Showa-machi g.p.
Kasukabe
Saitama, 2006
Chlamydomonas
C. capensis
30 x 17 μm
Yakusho-ji-ike p.
Kosugi
Toyama, 2002
Chlamydomonas
C. capensis
μm
Ko-numa 1
Minakami
Gunma, 2008
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp.
16 x 9 μm
Hakkoda Gourd line
Hakkoda mountain
Aomori, 2004
Similar genus -> Chloromonas; Chlorococcum;

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Chlamydomonas
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