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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

 Chodatella sp.
(Lemmermann) Lemmermann

Chodatella Genus: Unicellular, planktonic; cell body ovoidal or ellipsoidal; both ends slightly pointed with 4 to 8 spiny projections; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with 1 to 4 pyrenoids (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Similar genus --> Franceia; Acanthosphaera; Micractinium; Errerella; Golenkinia;

Chodatella sp., cell body 13 μm long, 9 μm wide, L/W=1.4, spiny projections 30 μm long, x 640, Shirahata-Numa, Urawa, Saitama Pref., Japan, November 20, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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