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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales

Chlorococcum sp.

Chlorococcum Genus: Subaerial algae; cell body without gelatinous coat; a single chloroplast cup-shaped with a pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Chlorococcum or Chlamydomonas ?, autospore (or zoospore ?) formation, cell body 7-16 μm long, 5-12 μm wide, cells are covered with gelatinous sheath, two contractile vacuoles anterior end, flagellate stage present, stigma located on the equator of the cell body, x 400, x 640, Watarase, Tochigi Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas
Flagellated cells, stigma present on the equator of the cell body
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas
Paramylon body located at the center of the cell body or slightly posterior
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas
Two contractile vacuoles located at anterior end
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas


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