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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Micractinaceae

 Chodatella sp.

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 spherical, 9 μm diam., with spines 20 μm long, x 400, x 640, Shinobazu-ike (pond), Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chodatella Chodatella

* Chodatella radiata (Chodat) Wille: Vegetative cells spherical, 8-10 μm diam., with short spines 20-40 μm long, 1 chloroplast cup-shaped, 1 pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Chodatella paucispina W. et G. S. West: Vegetative cells spherical, 10-18 μm diam., with many short spines 15-20 μm long, 1 chloroplast cup-shaped, 1 pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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